Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

UTAGAWA

TOYOKUNI III

三代目歌川豊国

さんだい(目).うたがわ.とよくに.

1786-1865

PLAY:

Azuma Kudari Gojūsan Tsugi

吾孺下五十三駅

あずまくだりごじゅうさんつぎ

ACTOR (STANDING)*

Ichikawa Kodanji IV

市川小団次

いちかわ.こだんじ

ROLE:

Tennichibō

天日坊

ACTOR (SEATED)

 Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I

河原崎権十郎

かわらざき.ごんじゅうろう

ROLE:

Ebizaki no Jū

海老ざこの十

THEATER: Kawarazaki

河原崎

かわらざき

PUBLISHER: Daikokuya Heikichi

大黒屋平吉

だいこくや.へいきち

DATE: 1854, 9th Month

CARVER: Hori Take (Yokogawa Takejirō)

彫竹

ほりたけ

PRINT SIZE: 14" x 9 3/4"

 ILLUSTRATED ON-LINE:

There are other copies of this print at the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University

and at the Hankyu Culture Foundation.

The full triptych appears at the

Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

See below:

$125.00

SOLD!

*Recently someone wrote to me and asked me how I was able to identify both actors in this print. I sent them a link at the Waseda University's  Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum site which has a data base of 47,000 prints. They own another copy of the print featured on this page and provided the names of the actors. There are no cartouches clearly showing their names. Perhaps the scholars at that museum know something more about this print than is apparent.

PUBLISHER:

Daikokuya Heikichi

DATE SEAL WITH ARATAME:

1854, 9th Month