Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III). Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō V as Tanbaya Onizo / Fan print, 1851.

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865).

Signed: Toyokuni ga [豊国画] in a red toshidama cartouche.

Actor: Ichikawa Danjūrō VII 市川団十郎 (Japanese, 1791 – 1859); other names: Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Hakuen II, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I.

Character: Tanbaya Onizo [丹波屋鬼蔵]

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Orai [恋飛脚大和往来]

Performance: Kawarasaki Theatre [河原崎座] in the 2nd month of 1851.

Double nanushi censor seals: Fuku & Muramatsu, from 3rd month of Kaei 2 to 11th month of Kaei 4 (1849-51).

Another fan print from the pair SVJP-0212-2.2016: Sawamura Chōjūrō V as Kameya Chubei.

Utagawa Kunisada. Fan print diptych. Sawamura Chojuro V as Kameya Chubei. 1851.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868)
Country	Japan
Media	Colour, Ink, Paper, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Actors, Kabuki actor, Kabuki actors, Kabuki play, Kabuki theater
Character / Sitter	Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I] (Japanese, 1791 – 1859)
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Publisher	Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. 1815 – 1869)
Publishing year	1851
Acquisition year	2016

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