Toyohara Kunichika. Nakamura Kanjaku III as Saijō Kichinojō and Sawamura Tosshō II as keisei Takao / Fan print, 1873.

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周, 1835–1900)

Signed: 豊原国周筆 (Toyohara Kunichika hitsu) with a red toshidama seal

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (伊場屋仙三郎)

Censor seal: kiwame (極), no date seal

Media: Uchiwa-e woodblock print, 235 x 294 mm

Actors:

Nakamura Kanjaku III [中村翫雀] (Japanese, 1841-1881), a.k.a. Arashi Kakuzô I [嵐珏蔵]
- as Saijō Kichinojō [最上吉之丞]
Sawamura Tosshō II [沢村訥升] (Japanese, 1854 – 1879); other names: Sawamura Genpei II, Sawamura Sōjūrō, Suketakaya Takasuke IV, Sawamura Tosshi VI ; Poetry names: Kōga, Tosshi VI, Tosshō
- as Keisei Takao (けいせい高尾)

Play: Kantō meibutsu otokodate kagami (関東銘物男達鑑), performed at the Morita-za in 4/1873.

Images from Waseda University Cultural Resources Database.

Sawamura Tosshō II as Keisei Takao

Nakamura Kanjaku as Saijō Kichinojō

SKU: SVJP-0390.2023 Categories: Japanese woodblock print, Pictures

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Meiji Period (1868 – 1912), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper
Technique	Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Aiban yoko-e uchiwa-e, Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Actor print, Actors, Fan, Fan print, Kabuki, Kabuki actors, Meiji Period (1868 – 1912)
Character / Sitter	Nakamura Kanjaku III [Arashi Kakuzô I] (Japanese, 1841-1881), Sawamura Tosshō II [Kōga, Sawamura Genpei II, Sawamura Sōjūrō, Suketakaya Takasuke IV, Sawamura Tosshi VI] (Japanese, 1854 – 1879)
Artist	Toyohara Kunichika [ 豊原国周] (Japanese, 1835 – 1900)
Publisher	Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. 1815 – 1869)
Publishing year	1870s
Acquisition year	2023

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