About This Print
The Actors Pictured
For background on the actors see their respective entries in the article The Kabuki Actor on this site.
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #1273 |
Title (Description) | Sawamura Tosshō II, Kawarazaki Gonjūrō and Nakamura Shikan IV in a kaihi sandai banashi <2>沢村訥升, <1>河原崎権十郎, <4>中村芝翫 開扉三題はなし |
Artist | Morikawa Chikashige (active 1869 - January 1882) |
Signature | ōju Chikashige hitsu 応需周重筆 |
Seal | Toshidama seal below signature 年玉印 |
Publication Date | 酉四 April 1873 |
Publisher | seal name 濱鉄板 [Hamatetsu han]. Seal of the publisher Hamadaya Tetsugurō 浜田屋鉄五郎 [Marks: similar to seal 25-581; pub ref. 087] |
成田山 Naritayama | |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | good - trimmed to image; 3 separate panels; rubbing; soiling, particularly in the right panel; minor ink offsetting; some remnants of previous backing paper |
Genre | ukiyo-e; yakusha-e |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | vertical oban triptych |
H x W Paper | 13 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (34.6 x 23.5 cm) each sheet |
Literature | |
Collections This Print | Tokyo Metropolitan Library N190-12裏-5 |