/internal/media/dispatcher/999788/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActors Ichikawa Saruzō I as Shirai Gonpachi (R) and Ichikawa Komazō VII as Banzui Chōbei (L)1853 (Kaei 6), 11th monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)Shimizuya NaojirōVertical ōban diptych; 36.6 x 48.8 cm (14 7/16 x 19 3/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.43910a-b011.43910a-b (dated 1853 by the corresponding kabuki performance) is a later reprint of 11.43912a-b (1850), but with the actors' faces changed and the "shita-uri" seal removed. However, the seals with the names of the two censors were left even though that system was no longer in use in 1853.
Play: Kokoro Bakari Tamuke no Hanakawado
Theater: Nakamura
意升手向花川戸（こころばかりたむけのはなかわど）
中村
本図は嘉永6年11月中村座「意升手向☆川戸」と一致するが、「村田」「米良」の名主印が使われるのは嘉永3年11月まで。Prints36.500000000036.600000000036.600000000048641601