Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川 國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861).

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, c. 1815 – 1869), no publisher’s seal on this print.

Another title of this image provided by Sebastian Izzard is Acrobats becoming animals.

The series Brother Pictures for Comparison [絵鏡台合かゝ身] (e-kyôdai awase kagami) can be found at Kuniyoshi Project: “This series consists of pairs of fan prints, with one print of each pair being a silhouette of the other. The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961)”. The series is attributed to c. 1840.

Signed: Ichiyosai Kuniyoshi ga.

Size: Size: Uchiwa-e (untrimmed fan print) 227 x 299 mm.