• Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]
Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]
Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 01/01/1797 – 04/14/1861)

Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]

Print

1847
19.5 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (一勇斎国芳画)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirō (Marks 468 - seal 01-081)
Nanushi censors' seals: Mera and Murata
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - a variant Kuniyoshi diptych published by Ibaya Senzaburō The figure on the right representing the clerk Seishichi may be the actor Sawamura Sōjūrō V, while the figure of Okaji may be the actor Bandō Shūka I.
Shimizuya Naojirō (清水屋直次郎) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Sawamura Sōjūrō V (五代目沢村宗十郎: from 7/1844 to 10/1848) (actor)
Bandō Shūka I (初代坂東しうか: from 11/1839 to 11/1854) (actor)