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Nakamura Utaemon IV as <i>Tsubone</i> Iwafuji (局岩藤) on the right, Fujikawa Kayū III as <i>chūro</i> Onoe (中老尾上) in the center, and Nakayama Bungorō II as Nakayama (中山) and Bandō Shūka I as Iwafuji's Maid (<i>meshitsukai</i>) Ochiyo (岩藤召仕おちよ)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 11/15/1797 – 03/05/1861)

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Tsubone Iwafuji (局岩藤) on the right, Fujikawa Kayū III as chūro Onoe (中老尾上) in the center, and Nakayama Bungorō II as Nakayama (中山) and Bandō Shūka I as Iwafuji's Maid (meshitsukai) Ochiyo (岩藤召仕おちよ)

Print

04/1849
30 in x 14.375 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Artist's seal: kiri
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke
(Marks 040 - seal 07-021)
Censor seals: Fuku and Muramatsu
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - left and right panels only
Waseda University - right panel
Waseda University - left panel
Waseda University - center panel
Minneapolis Institute of Art - the center and left panels only - they identify Fujikawa Kayū III as Fujikawa Hanatomo, a mistake This triptych commemorates a performance of Omegumi ni Uruo Iwafuji (恵閏初夏藤) at the Ichimura Theater in 1849.
Ebiya Rinnosuke (海老屋林之助) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Nakamura Utaemon IV (四代目中村歌右衛門: 1/1836-2/1852) (actor)
Fujikawa Kayū III (三代目藤川花友: from 11/1838 to 12/1851) (actor)
Nakayama Bungorō II (二代目中山文五郎: from 11/1825 to 1862) (actor)
Bandō Shūka I (初代坂東しうか: from 11/1839 to 11/1854) (actor)
Iwafuji, Onoe, Ohatsu (岩藤, 尾上, お初) (role)