Nakamura Shikan II as Sawai Matagorō and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Ikezohe Magohachi

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Title Nakamura Shikan II as Sawai Matagorō and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Ikezohe Magohachi Ikezohe Magohachi Mimasu Gennosuke Sawai Matagorō Nakamura Shikan 池ぞへ孫八三桝源之助 沢井股五郎中村芝翫
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date 7/1831
Play Sono umayaji Sagara no kikigaki 駅相良聞記
Theatre Nakamura
Publisher Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵
City Edo
Signature Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画
Censorship seal(s) kiwame 極
Publisher’s seal(s) Kawa-Shō 川正
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban diptych
Object number SH2018-DM-218
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma