Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) holding an umbrella in the play <i>Tsuma Gasane Uwasa ni Kikuzuki</i> - left panel of a diptych
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) holding an umbrella in the play Tsuma Gasane Uwasa ni Kikuzuki - left panel of a diptych

Print

ca 1816
10.5 in x 15.25 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi
(Marks 227 - seal 25-102)
Censor seal: kiwame
Ritsumeikan University - black and white
Ritsumeikan University - black and white right-hand (右) panel
Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm This print is from early in Kunisada's career and shows the clear influence of his teacher Toyokuni I. It represents a performance of the play Tsuma Gasane Uwasa ni Kikuzuki (褄重噂菊月). This is the left-hand (左) panel of a diptych. [Note that there are two other possible readings of the kanji in this title.]

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There is another copy of this print in the Tobacco and Salt Museum.
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Kawachiya Genshichi (河内屋源七) (publisher)
Asao Yūjirō I (初代浅尾勇次郎) (actor)