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[Nakamura Shikan IV as] Fujiya Izaemon

An untitled series of actors with poems in their own handwriting

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Title [Nakamura Shikan IV as] Fujiya Izaemon Fujiya Izaemon 藤屋伊左衛門
Series title An untitled series of actors with poems in their own handwriting
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date 6/1861
Play Kuruwa bunshō廓文章
Theatre Chikugo
Publisher Kagiya Shōbei 鍵屋庄兵衛
Woodcarver Koizumi Kanegorō 小泉兼五郎
City Edo
Signature Toyokuni ga 豊國画
Censorship seal(s) aratame Rooster 6 改酉六
Publisher’s seal(s) Kanda Kagi-Shō 田鍵庄
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) hori Kane 彫兼
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban
Object number SH2018-DM-221
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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