Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the greengrocer (<i>yaoya</i>) Chōkichi (八百屋長吉) and Asao Kunigorō III (浅尾国五郎) as the hedonistic priest (<i>dōraku ōshō</i>) Rikyō (道楽和尚里橋) from the play <i>Hiyoku Kanzashi</i>
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Utagawa Kunihiro (歌川国広) (artist )

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the greengrocer (yaoya) Chōkichi (八百屋長吉) and Asao Kunigorō III (浅尾国五郎) as the hedonistic priest (dōraku ōshō) Rikyō (道楽和尚里橋) from the play Hiyoku Kanzashi

Print

07/1827
10.25 in x 14.875 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print

Signed: Kunihiro ga (国広画)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei
(Marks 536- seal 26-155)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Waseda University
Hankyu Culture Foundation

This print commemorates a performance at the Kado Theater (中村笄).

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Listed and illustrated in Ikeda Bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shūsei (Collected Kamigata Actor Prints), vol. 3, Osaka, 2001, no 554.
Kyōto-Osaka prints (kamigata-e - 上方絵) (genre)
Tenmaya Kihei (天満屋喜兵衛) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) (actor)
Asao Kunigorō III (三代目浅尾国五郎) (actor)