Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Fujihachi Gomon, actually (Jitsu wa) Naosuke Gonbei [藤八五もん実は直助権兵へ]

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Fujihachi Gomon, actually (Jitsu wa) Naosuke Gonbei [藤八五もん実は直助権兵へ]

Print


07/1825
9.375 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga (五渡亭国貞画)
Publisher: Mikawaya Seiemon (Marks 328 - seal 16-011)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Waseda This is from a performance of 7/1825 of the Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan.

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Illustrated in color in Kunisada: The Kabuki Actor Portraits (Gototei Kunisada yakusha-e no sekai - 國貞:役者絵の世界) by Shigeru Shindō, 1993, p. 72.
Mikawaya Seiemon (三河屋清右衛門) (publisher)