• Print title: 行葉屋か - Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小團次) in the lower left, Ichikawa Kohanji I (市川小半次), Ichikawa Yonegorō I (市川米五郎) at the top and one other actor from a series, 当吾一代記, possibly entitled 'Tales of My Life'
Print title: 行葉屋か - Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小團次) in the lower left, Ichikawa Kohanji I (市川小半次), Ichikawa Yonegorō I (市川米五郎) at the top and one other actor from a series, 当吾一代記, possibly entitled 'Tales of My Life'
Print title: 行葉屋か - Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小團次) in the lower left, Ichikawa Kohanji I (市川小半次), Ichikawa Yonegorō I (市川米五郎) at the top and one other actor from a series, 当吾一代記, possibly entitled 'Tales of My Life'
Print title: 行葉屋か - Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小團次) in the lower left, Ichikawa Kohanji I (市川小半次), Ichikawa Yonegorō I (市川米五郎) at the top and one other actor from a series, 当吾一代記, possibly entitled 'Tales of My Life'
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Utagawa Yoshitsuya (歌川芳艶) (artist 1822 – 1866)

Print title: 行葉屋か - Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小團次) in the lower left, Ichikawa Kohanji I (市川小半次), Ichikawa Yonegorō I (市川米五郎) at the top and one other actor from a series, 当吾一代記, possibly entitled 'Tales of My Life'

Print

08/1861
15.75 in x 20 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga
一英斎芳艶画
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke
(Marks 548 - seal 23-066)
Date seal: 1861, 8th month
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小團次) is the performer in the lower left of this print. Ichikawa Kohanji I (市川小半次) is the lower of the two actors along the right side.

We do not know yet how many prints there were in this series, 当吾一代記, possible translated as 'Tales of My Life', but so far we know of at least 12 different examples.
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (辻岡屋文助) (publisher)
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (四代目市川小団次: spring 1844 to 5/1866) (actor)
Ichikawa Kohanji I (初代市川小半次) (actor)
Ichikawa Yonegorō I (初代市川米五郎) (actor)