Artist: Yōshū Chikanobu [楊洲周延], a.k.a. Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838–1912)

Signed: 周延画 (Chikanobu ga)

Publisher: Enshūya Ichibei [遠州屋市兵衛] (Japanese, before 1875–c.1887); Seal name En'ichi 遠市; family name Watari Ichibei 渡市兵衛; Address Tokyo Nihonbashi Horiechō Nichōme 10-banchi 日本橋堀江町二丁目十番地. Sealed as Watari Ichibei from 1876. Marks 26-165 | 056b

Date: No seal.

Media: Uchiwa-e (団扇絵), multicolor woodblock print, 195 × 175 mm

Play: No play, no performance/theatre identified.

Actors and Roles:

  • Ichikawa Danjūrō IX [市川団十郎] (Japanese, 1838 – 1903); other names: Kawarasaki Sanshō, Kawarasaki Gonnosuke VII, Kawarasaki Gonjūrō I, Kawarasaki Chōjūrō III.
    • Role: Shigetada (重忠)
  • Suketakaya Takasuke IV [助高屋高助] (Japanese, 1838 – 1886); other names: Sawamura Tosshô II, Sawamura Genpei II, Sawamura Sôjûrô VI, Sawamura Tosshi VI.
    • Role: Akoya (あこや)

Image from Hankyu Culture Archive:

Onoe Kikugorō V as Kagekiyo (景清); Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Shigetada (重忠); Suketakaya Takasuke IV as Akoya (阿古屋)

Additional Information

Collection Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Japanese prints and drawings
Type / Purpose Fan , Woodblock print
Period 19 AD , Late 19th century , Meiji era [明治] (1868–1912)
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 1880s
Genre Actor Prints (Yakusha-e, 役者絵)
Acquisition year 2023

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