Segawa Kikunojō V as Princess Kiyo and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Lady Mikuriya

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Title Segawa Kikunojō V as Princess Kiyo and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Lady Mikuriya Kiyohime Segawa Kikunojō Mikuriya no tsubone Mimasu Gennosuke 清ひめ瀬川菊之丞 御厨の局三枡源之助
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date 11/1829
Play Kin no zai saru shimadairi 金幣猿島郡
Theatre Nakamura
Publisher Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō) 江崎屋吉兵衛 (天寿堂)
City Edo
Signature Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画
Censorship seal(s) kiwame 極
Publisher’s seal(s) Ezakiya 江崎屋
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban triptych
Width 26.1 cm (M); 26 cm (L)
Height 38.4 cm (M); 38 cm (L)
Object number SH2018-DM-025
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

Description

Left two sheets of a triptych. The missing sheet depicts the actor Nakamura Shikan II in the role of Tadabumi. The play, Kin no zai saru shimadairi, was performed in the Nakamura Theatre in the eleventh month of 1829.