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

Additional Information

Collection Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Japanese prints and drawings
Type / Purpose Fan , Woodblock print
Period 19 AD , Meiji era [明治] (1868–1912) , Mid-19th century
Country Japan
Media/Technique Ink and color on paper , 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)
Creation / Publishing year 1870s
Genre Actor Prints (Yakusha-e, 役者絵)
Acquisition year 2023

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