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Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I, Nakayama Ichizô I and Onoe Kikujirô II (R); Ichikawa Ebizô V and Ichikawa Kodanji IV; (C) and Onoe Shinshichi III, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII and Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV (?) (L)


初代市川新車、初代中山市蔵、二代目尾上菊次郎  五代目市川海老蔵、四代目市川小団次  三代目尾上新七、八代目市川団十郎、四代目市川鰕十郎ヵ
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Tsurujirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1850 (Kaei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 75.1 cm (14 1/16 × 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.4992.17a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate). Possibly made to celebrate Ebizô's return to Edo in the third month of 1850.

From an album of triptychs (plus one diptych), 2009.4992.1a-c to 2009.4992.17a-c
見立
嘉永3年3月に<5>市川海老蔵が江戸下りしてきた時頃のものヵ。
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画(芳桐印)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
彫師:なし