Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Ukisu no Jinzō and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as the maiden Oren
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Gigadō Ashiyuki (戯画堂芦ゆき) (artist )
Jukōdō Yoshikuni (寿好堂よし国) (artist )

Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Ukisu no Jinzō and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as the maiden Oren

Print

01/1824
10.5 in x 15 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed on the left: Ashiyuki ga (芦ゆき画)
- on the right: Okayodo Ashimaru ga
Publisher: Honya Seishichi
(Marks 123 - seal 25-527)
Both artists signed this print. Okayodo Ashimaru is an early name used by Yoshikuni from ca. 1816-24.

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Illustrated:

1) in Osaka-Holzschnitte, published by Taschen, 1982, pp. 20-21.

2) in color in Schätze der Kamigata: Japanische Farbholzschnitte aus Osaka 1780-1880, MNHA (Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg), 2012, p. 213, #458. The accompanying text reads:

"Das Haiku-Gedicht von Kimiaki lautet "Hikuhodo ni Nao Agarunari Ikanobori" - Je stärker man die Schur zieht, um so höher fliegen die Drachen."

The Google translation reads:

"The haiku poem by Kimiaki is "Hikuhodo ni Nao Agarunari Ikanobori" - The harder you pull the rope, the higher the kites fly."
Honya Seishichi (本屋清七) (publisher)
Kyōto-Osaka prints (kamigata-e - 上方絵) (genre)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Arashi Koroku IV (四代目嵐小六: from 11/1817 to 11/1826) (actor)
Arashi Kitsusaburō II 二代目嵐橘三郎 (9/1822 to 8/1828) (actor)