• 3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series <i>The Floating World Chūshingura</i> (<i>Ukiyo Chūshingura</i> - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series <i>The Floating World Chūshingura</i> (<i>Ukiyo Chūshingura</i> - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series <i>The Floating World Chūshingura</i> (<i>Ukiyo Chūshingura</i> - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series <i>The Floating World Chūshingura</i> (<i>Ukiyo Chūshingura</i> - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series <i>The Floating World Chūshingura</i> (<i>Ukiyo Chūshingura</i> - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series <i>The Floating World Chūshingura</i> (<i>Ukiyo Chūshingura</i> - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)

Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)

3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series The Floating World Chūshingura (Ukiyo Chūshingura - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)

Print


1800 – 1810
10.25 in x 15 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
(Marks 595 - seal 04-007)
Tokyo Metropolitan Library - print for Act 7
Tokyo Metropolitan Library - print for Act 10
Tokyo Metropolitan Library - print for Act 4 There are three other prints from this series in the Tokyo Metropolitan Library. Like this print in the Lyon Collection, none of them carry a date or censor's seal. The one for chapter 7 doesn't even show the a publisher's seal. (See the links above.)
Yamamotoya Heikichi (山本屋平吉) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
mitate-e (見立て絵) (genre)
Chūshingura (忠臣蔵 - 47 Rōnin) (genre)