Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国)
Print: Ichikawa Denzō I (市川傳蔵) as Ōboshi Rikiya (大ぼし力弥) in Kanadehon Chūshingura
Dates: created,1814
Dimensions: 13.75 in,9.5 in,Overall dimensions
Medium: color woodblock print on crepe paper
Inscription:
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi
(Marks 227 - seal 25-102)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Related links: Waseda University; Waseda University - left panel; Waseda University - right panel;
Physical description:
Ōboshi Rikiya is the son of Ōboshi Yuranosuke. This is the center panel of a triptych. See external links above for the missing panels.
This is a crepe print - John Fiorillo has written an interesting article on how these types of prints were made. (Fiorillo article on making crepe prints.
Related entities
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist)actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Ichikawa Denzō I (初代市川伝蔵) (actor)
Chūshingura (忠臣蔵 - 47 rōnin) (genre)
Kawachiya Genshichi (河内屋源七) (publisher)
