Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the right-hand panel of a triptych
04/1855
9.625 in x 14.375 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi
(Marks 294 - seal 08-088)
Censor's seal: aratame
Date: Hare 4 - 4/1855
Library of Congress
Waseda University
Waseda University - 1831 version of Danshichi by Kunisada with a different actor, of course Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei enters a room wearing a robe decorated with fish and octopi, which are indications of his profession as a fishmonger.
The triptych that this is from is an illustration from a scene in the play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑) or one of its many variants. in the center panel, not shown here, is Tokubei, a fellow who started out as an archenemy to Danshichi, but who ends up as a blood-brother. The missing left-hand panel shows Okaji, Danshichi's wife.
Maruya Jinpachi (丸屋甚八) (publisher)
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (四代目市川小団次: spring 1844 to 5/1866) (actor)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) (role)