Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I [歌川豊国] (1769–1825).
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋 仙三郎] (fl. 1815 – 1869).
Signed: Toyokuni ga [豊国 画].
Publisher's seal: Ibaya Sensaburō (Marks 08-067 | 127b).
Date-aratame seal: Bunsei 3 (1820).
Size: Uncut fan print (uchiwa-e), 224 x 254 mm.
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Nuregami Chōgorō [濡髪の長五郎], Nakamura Daikichi as Hanaregoma Oseki [放駒のお関], and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Hanaregoma Chōkichi [放駒長吉] in a kabuki play Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki [双蝶々曲輪日記] (A Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters (see: LIB-0879.2015 | Brandon, James R., Leiter, Samuel L. Kabuki Plays on Stage: Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766 (Volume 1). — Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002.) The play was performed at Kawarasakiza (Edo) in May of 1820.
Actors:
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I [市川鰕十郎] (Japanese, 1777 – 1827); other names: Ichikawa Ichizō I [市川市蔵], Ichinokawa Ichizō [市ノ川市蔵].
Nakamura Daikichi I [初代中村大吉](Japanese, 1773 – 1823); other names: Fujikawa Daikichi [藤川大吉]; poetry name Hajō [巴丈]; pen name Naruo Yatarō [藤川大吉].
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII 市川団十郎 (Japanese, 1791 – 1859); other names: Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Hakuen II, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I.
Additional Information
| Collection | Japanese prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Woodblock print |
| Period | Bunsei era [文政] (1818–1830) , Early 19th century , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) |
| Country | Japan |
| Media/Technique | Ink and color on paper , Woodblock print (nishiki-e) |
| Size | Fan print. Uchiwa-e |
| Subject | Actors , Futatsu Chōchō Kuruwa Nikki [双蝶々曲輪日記] (A Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters) , Hanaregoma Chōkichi [放駒長吉] , Hanaregoma Oseki [放駒のお関] , Kabuki , Kabuki actor , Kabuki actors , Kabuki play , Kabuki theater , Nuregami Chōgorō [濡髪の長五郎] |
| School | Utagawa (歌川) |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1820 , Bunsei 3 |
| Signature | Combined date seal and aratame censor seal , Publisher's seal: Ibaya Sensaburō , Toyokuni ga [豊国画] |
| Genre | Actor Prints (Yakusha-e, 役者絵) |
| Acquisition year | 2020 |
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