Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国)

Print: Iwai Kumesaburō III as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八郎) on the right; Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Nippondaemon (日本駄右衛門) in the middle; and Seki Sanjūrō III as Banzui Chōbei (幡ずゐ長兵衛) on the left

Dates: circa 1849 - 1852,created

Dimensions: 29.3 in,14.7 in,Overall dimensions

Medium: Japanese woodblock print

Inscription:

Signed on right and left panels: Kōchōrō Toyokuni ga
On the center panel: Ichiyōsai Toyokuni ga
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirō (Marks 468 - seal 01-081)

Related links: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Waseda University - left panel; Waseda University - middle panel; Waseda University - right panel; Lyon Collection - an 1822 diptych by Kunisada with Gonpachi and Chōbei;

Physical description:

Nippondaemon, sometimes spelled Nippon Daemon, is an evil fellow who plays a major role in any number of plays. Sometimes he goes under the alias of Tamashima Ittō.

Related entities

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Seki Sanjūrō III (三代目関三十郎) (actor)
Iwai Kumesaburō III (三代目岩井粂三郎) (actor)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (八代目市川団十郎) (actor)