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Bandō Mitsugorō III as irogotoshi Minamibae kakiso no Osu

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Title Bandō Mitsugorō III as irogotoshi Minamibae kakiso no Osu
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date 9/11/1828
Play Mitsugi no yuki Genji biiki 貢玉雪源氏贔屓
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 岩
Inscription

Right sheet of a triptych. Other sheets depict Bandō Minosuke II as the ferryman Iwakura and Iwai Kumesaburō II as the onnadate (chivalrous female commoner) Aranami no Otatsu.
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban
Object number SH2018-DM-223
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

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