Artist: Ryūsai Shigeharu (柳斎重春)
Print: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a kabuki role.
Dates: 1829,created
Dimensions: 9.5 in,14.0 in,Overall dimensions
Medium: Japanese woodblock print
Inscription:
Signed: Ryūsai Shigeharu ga
柳斎重春画
Publisher: Wataki (綿喜版)
Related links: National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg - the image only ; Lyon Collection - possible left-hand companion print to this piece;
Physical description:
This may well represent a performance at the Horie Ichinogawa theater and may be the right hand companion to another print in the Lyon Collection, #1295, even though the shape of the cartouches are somewhat different.
The publisher is Wataya Kihei.
Related entities
Ryūsai Shigeharu (柳斎重春) (artist)Wataya Kihei (綿屋喜兵衛) (publisher)
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) (actor)
warrior prints (musha-e - 武者絵) (genre)
Kyōto-Osaka prints (kamigata-e - 上方絵) (genre)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
