• Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as 経政実ハしゆんくはんのぼうこん, a ghost and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) as the cowering princess Chidori-hime (千鳥姫) - from the play <i>Tsumaga Gasane Sugata no Hana Kurabe</i> （嬲容顔花競）- center panel of a triptych
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as 経政実ハしゆんくはんのぼうこん, a ghost and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) as the cowering princess Chidori-hime (千鳥姫) - from the play <i>Tsumaga Gasane Sugata no Hana Kurabe</i> （嬲容顔花競）- center panel of a triptych
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as 経政実ハしゆんくはんのぼうこん, a ghost and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) as the cowering princess Chidori-hime (千鳥姫) - from the play <i>Tsumaga Gasane Sugata no Hana Kurabe</i> （嬲容顔花競）- center panel of a triptych
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 11/15/1797 – 03/05/1861)

Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as 経政実ハしゆんくはんのぼうこん, a ghost and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) as the cowering princess Chidori-hime (千鳥姫) - from the play Tsumaga Gasane Sugata no Hana Kurabe （嬲容顔花競）- center panel of a triptych

Print

11/1840
10 in x 14.75 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Censor's seal: kiwame
Hankyu Culture Foundation This print may be a kabuki production related to The Tale of Heike. While the roles names are as yet unread, the last kanji character reads as hime or 姫 which can be translated as 'princess'.

The elaborate floral headdress or fukiwa-mage wig worn by the onnagata Onoe Eizaburō is a clue to the actor's role.
Yūrei-zu (幽霊図 - ghosts demons monsters and spirits) (genre)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (四代目坂東彦三郎: 11/1816 to 2/1856) (actor)
Onoe Eizaburō III (三代目尾上栄三郎: from 8/1831 to 12/1845) (actor)