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Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I, and Seki Sanjûrô III (L), with a Vision of Dancers in the Sparrow Dance


四代目中村歌右衛門  雀踊り  初代中村福助、三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Surugaya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 75.6 cm (14 5/16 × 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.4992.3a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay (finale of Part 2): Yomito Uta Tosa-e no Irodori
Play (main feature): Hanashôbu Sano no Yatsuhashi
Theater: Ichimura

From an album of triptychs (plus one diptych), 2009.4992.1a-c to 2009.4992.17a-c
花菖蒲佐野船橋(はなしょうぶさののやつはし)
四民歌土佐画彩(よみとうたとさえのいろどり) 常磐津
市村、二番目大切

背景は雀踊り。
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳(芳桐印)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、シタ売
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「立かへる歳またれけり冬玉梅 春心斎翁妓」