About This Print
An unidentified actor as Fusanosuke in an unknown play. The famous view in background inset is unread. The print is numbered 五十七 [57] in the title cartouche.About the Series Edo Meisho awase no uchi
This series matches actors portraying a specific character with famous places in Edo. It consists of at least 58 prints drawn by multiple artists, including Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900), Utagawa Kuniteru II (1830-1874) and Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904), published by Masudaya Ginjirō . Two slightly different series titles are used on the prints: 江都名所合之内 Kōto meisho awase no uchi and 江戸名所合之内 Edo meisho awase no uchi. Note that Kōto was a synonym for Edo.
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A partial assemblage of the prints in the series
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #1259 |
Title (Description) | unidentified actor as Fusanosuke 房之介 (Note: the actor's name is not given on the print, only the role played.) |
Series | Matches for Famous Places in Edo Edo meisho awase no uchi 江戸名所合之内 |
Artist | Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900) |
Signature | 国周筆 Kunichika hitsu |
Seal | toshidama seal below signature |
Publication Date | August 1867 慶応08 (aratame date seal 卯八改) |
Publisher | Masudaya Ginjirō 増田屋銀次郎 seal reading: Hanmoto, Masudaya, Shiba Shinmeimae 板元 増田屋 芝神 明前 [Marks: seal 24-061; pub. ref. 304] |
Printer | |
Carver | 彫工舛吉 Hori Takichi (Ōtaya Takichi) |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | excellent - slight toning |
Genre | ukiyo-e; nigao-e; yakusha-e |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | vertical oban |
H x W Paper | 14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36 x 24.4 cm) |
H x W Image | 14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36 x 24.4 cm) |
Literature | |
Collections This Print | The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 007-0387 |
8/4/2020