Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Fuwa Banzaemon [R] and Onoe Kikugorō III as Nagoya Sanzaburō [L]

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Title Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Fuwa Banzaemon [R] and Onoe Kikugorō III as Nagoya Sanzaburō [L] Fuwa Banzaemon Ichikawa Danjūrō Nagoya Sanzaburō Onoe Kikugorō 不渡伴左衛門 市川團十郎 名古屋山三郎 尾上菊五郎
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date c. 11/1831
Play Edo-gonomi Kiku no Date-zome
Theatre Ichimura
Publisher Iwatoya Kisaburō (Eirindō) 岩戸屋喜三郎 (栄林堂)
City Edo
Signature Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画
Censorship seal(s) kiwame 極
Publisher’s seal(s) Iwa, Yokoyamachō Iwatoya 2-chōme 岩 横山町 岩戸屋 二丁目
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban diptych
Width 25.9 (both sheets)
Height 38.6 (both sheets)
Object number SH2018-DM-042
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

Description

De inscription contains the dialogue between the two actors from this particular scene. An alternate edition exists with the publisher seal of Emiya Kichiemon (firm Rankōdō).