Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周) (artist 1835 – 1900)
Sawamura Tosshō II (沢村訥升) as Gennosuke (源之助) on the right and Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as Orie on the left
05/1870
29 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Kunichika hitsu (国周筆)
Publisher: Jōshūya Jūzō
(Marks 191 - seal 01-065)
Date seal: 5/1870
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - an okubi-e diptych of the same characters by Kunichika This diptych may represent a scene from the play Hana ayame katami ezoshi (花菖紀念画双紙) which was performed at the Morita Theater in the 5th month of 1870. Kunichika is known to have produced a number of different woodblock prints which dealt with this play.
Orie is seated on a wooden bench while looking at Gennosuke.
Sawamura Tanosuke III (三代目沢村田之助: 1/1859 to July, 1878) (actor)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Jōshūya Jūzō (上州屋重蔵) (publisher)
Sawamura Tosshō II (二代目沢村訥升: 1/1854 to 4/1879) (actor)
Meiji era (明治時代: 1868-1912) (genre)