Sawamura Tosshō I (沢村訥升) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) on the right, Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Sōta (惣太) in the center, and Iwai Hanshirō VI (岩井半四郎) as the nun Seigen (Seigen-ni - 清玄尼) on the left from the play <i>Hana butai yoshiya otoko</i> [花舞台丹前侠客]

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Sawamura Tosshō I (沢村訥升) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) on the right, Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Sōta (惣太) in the center, and Iwai Hanshirō VI (岩井半四郎) as the nun Seigen (Seigen-ni - 清玄尼) on the left from the play Hana butai yoshiya otoko [花舞台丹前侠客]

Print


03/1835
30.375 in x 14.875 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzō
(Marks 352 - seal 04-010)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Waseda University - left panel
Waseda University - center panel
Waseda University - right panel
Hankyu Culture Foundation - right panel
Hankyu Culture Foundation - center panel
Hankyu Culture Foundation - left panel Moritaya Hanzō (森田屋半蔵) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Sawamura Tosshō I (初代沢村訥升 or 澤村訥升: from 11/1831 to 6/1844) (actor)
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (四代目坂東三津五郎: from 3/1832 to 10/1850) (actor)
Iwai Hanshirō VI (六代目岩井半四郎) (actor)