The central sheet of (optional) triptych: Courtesan (Tayū): kabuki actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as Fujiya Izaemon from Three pleasures of present-day Osaka (Tōsei Naniwa no sankō)「当世浪花の三興　太夫」 「藤屋伊左衛門」 三代目坂東三津五郎.

Publisher: Iseya Rihei [伊勢屋利兵衛] (Japanese, fl. 1790s – c. 1879)

Year: 1821 (Bunsei 4).

Size: Vertical ōban; 36.5 x 25.1 cm.

Signed: 於浮瀬亭国貞画 – Drawn by Kunisada in Ukabuse (Ukabuse ni oite Kunisada ga). Ukabuse is the name of a famous restaurant in Osaka, this signature can be found only on a three print bijin series [Kunisada Project].

Censor’s seal: kiwame 改印：極

Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III [三代目 坂東 三津五郎] (Japanese, 1775 – 1831); other names: Bandō Minosuke I, Morita Kanjirô II, Bandō Mitahachi I, Bandō Minosuke I, Bandō Mitahachi I.

Character: Fujiya Izaemon.

Ref: MFA ACCESSION NUMBER 11.21937; LIB-2967.2022 Izzard.

Full series (triptych) Three Pleasures of Present-day Osaka (Tōsei Naniwa no sankō):