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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI III

三代目歌川豊国

1786-1865

SUBJECT:

Fudō Myoō with his two asssistants

TITLE:

Jūhachiban no uchi Fudō

十八番の内不動

ACTORS:

Ichikawa Ebizō VII as Fudō Myōō - at the bottom

七代目市川海老蔵

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Seitaka dōji - top right

市川團十郎 as 制吒迦童子

Ichikawa Saruzō I as  Kongara dōji  - top left

l矜迦羅童子

PUBLISHER: Unknown

DATE:

1859, 3rd Month

Ansei 6

安政六未年三月廿三日

SIZE:

14 1/4" x 9 1/2" at the top

(9 7/8" at the bottom)

SIGNATURE:

ōju Toyokuni ga

応需豊国画

CONDITION:

Trimmed on both the left and right sides.

There are two small holes in along the lower left side.

Great color!

There are other copies of this print

in the collections of Ritsumeikan University,

Waseda University and the Tokyo

Metropolitan Library.

$290.00

SOLD!

REFERENCE

Illustrated in black and white in

'The three ages of Ichikawa Danjūrō VII. Kunisada's depiction of Danjūrō VII in youth, maturity and old age'

in  Andon 18, Summer 1985,  #9, page 33.

THE TEXT ON THE PRINT READS:

安政六未年三月廿三日　行年七十歳寿海　徳誉恢郭子儀善法子　芝山内常照院ニ葬　七代目市川海老蔵

猿蔵　安政二卯九月廿九日　実誉儀莚孝安信士　大坂天王寺村　一心寺ニ葬　行年二十一才

嘉永七寅八月六日　篤誉浄莚実忍信士　大坂同所ニ葬　行年三十二才　八代目市川団十郎