• NEW

    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