Nakamura Shikan III [中村芝翫] as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the title cartouche reads: 古今甬人記 - from the play <i>Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami</i> (夏祭浪花鑑)

Utagawa Hirosada (歌川広貞: 1810-1864) (artist early 1810s - early 1860s)

Nakamura Shikan III [中村芝翫] as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the title cartouche reads: 古今甬人記 - from the play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)

Print


05/1847
6.875 in x 10 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print

Signed: Hirosada (広貞)
Publisher: Kagawa ( Marks U110 - this seal is not listed)
Hankyu Culture Foundation This print commemorates a performance of Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami at the Chikugo Theater in 5/1847.

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Illustrated in color in Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shūsei, vol. 4, 2003, #6, p. 9.
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Kyōto-Osaka prints (kamigata-e - 上方絵) (genre)
Nakamura Shikan III (三代目中村芝翫 - from 1/1836 to 11/2/1847) (actor)
Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) (role)
Kagawa (香川) (publisher)