Segawa Kikunojō V in an unknown role and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Okuri no Fusa(?)

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Title Segawa Kikunojō V in an unknown role and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Okuri no Fusa(?) Segawa Kikunojō Mimasu Gennosuke 瀬川菊之丞 三枡源之助 [御厨の房]
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date 1820s
Publisher Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō) 江崎屋吉兵衛 (天寿堂)
City Edo
Signature Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡画
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 an unknown role.