• Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the <i>Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu</i> (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series <i>Actors and the 12 Months</i> (<i>Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki</i> 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the <i>Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu</i> (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series <i>Actors and the 12 Months</i> (<i>Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki</i> 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the <i>Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu</i> (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series <i>Actors and the 12 Months</i> (<i>Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki</i> 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the <i>Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu</i> (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series <i>Actors and the 12 Months</i> (<i>Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki</i> 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the <i>Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu</i> (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series <i>Actors and the 12 Months</i> (<i>Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki</i> 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
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Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)

Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series Actors and the 12 Months (Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)

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1809
10.125 in x 15.25 in (Overall dimensions) Signed: Toyokuni-ga
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi
Marks 294 - seal 08-088
British Museum - all three panels
Japan Arts Council - full triptych During Chrysanthemum fairs many items like dolls and ships were decorated with these flowers, much like the roses that can be seen on the floats in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.

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Toyokuni designed twelve actor triptychs, one for each month of the year. The toshidama cartouche in the upper left contains the series title.

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This triptych is illustrated in color in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections: British Museum II, Kodansha Ltd, 1988, #221.

The curatorial files at the British Museum say of this triptych: "Seven kabuki actors offstage, depicted as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (‘Shichifukujin’) on board the ‘treasure ship’ (‘takarabune’) here formed out of chrysanthemum blooms. From the right, right sheet: Matsumoto Koshiro V as Bishamonten standing with a spear in one hand and a miniature pagoda in the other; Bando Mitsugoro III seated below as Fukurokuju holding a Chinese-style fan and accompanied by a deer; Iwai Hanshiro V, standing, as Benzaiten holding a four-stringed biwa; centre sheet: Sawamura Gennosuke I as Daikokuten seated holding a mallet and carrying a large treasure sack on his back; Onoe Eizaburo I as Ebisu standing with a large sea bream under one arm and a fishing rod over one shoulder; left sheet: Segawa Senjo as Jurojin standing with a staff, to the end of which is tied a scroll; and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei seated holding a Chinese-style fan with one arm resting on a large sack. This design represents the ninth month in a series of triptychs illustrating the twelve months."
Maruya Jinpachi (丸屋甚八) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Segawa Senjo (瀬川仙女: from 11/1807 to 12/4/1810) (actor)
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) (actor)
mitate-e (見立て絵) (genre)