Act V (Godanme): Actors Matsumoto Taisuke as Yoichibei and Ichikawa Sumizô III as Sadakurô, from the series Kanadehon Chûshingura

「仮名手本忠臣蔵五段目　与一兵衛　松本たい助　定九郎　市川寿美蔵」（三代目）

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Edoya Matsugorô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1835 (Tenpo 6), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.2 x 36.2 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2186

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #122 (complete series); Suzuki 1992, #301

DescriptionFrom a series based on a combination of two rival performances at the Ichimura Theater and the Morita Theater.

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi hitsu
一勇斎国芳筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: frog with toshidama
Collector's seal: Wakai Oyaji
改印：極