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Ichikawa Kobunji I as Shōya (“Village Head” ) Mokubei (R) and Sawamura Tosshō II as Ashikaga Sanshichirō Harutaka (L)

Ichikawa Kobunji I as Shōya (“Village Head” ) Mokubei (R) and Sawamura Tosshō II as Ashikaga Sanshichirō Harutaka (L)

Billboards of Smash Hits of the Stage

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Title	Ichikawa Kobunji I as Shōya (“Village Head” ) Mokubei (R) and Sawamura Tosshō II as Ashikaga Sanshichirō Harutaka (L) Shōya Mokubei Ichikawa Kobunji -- Ashikaga Sanshichirō 庄屋杢兵御市川小文治　足利三七郎春高沢村訥升
Series title	Billboards of Smash Hits of the Stage 當櫓看板揃
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date	3/1864
Play	Kinoene Soga daikoku bashira
Theatre	Morita-za
Publisher	Hiranoya Shinzō (Aikindō) 平野屋新蔵 (愛錦堂)
Woodcarver	Ōta Tashichi / Ōta Komakichi 大田多七
City	Edo

Signature	Toyokuni ga 豊国画
Censorship seal(s)	aratame, Rat 3 改子三
Publisher’s seal(s)	Yorozuchō Hiranoya 万丁ひらのや
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	hori Ōta Tashichi 彫太田多七
Inscription	(in left margin) 文久四甲子年春守田座興行大入大評判 Bunkyū yon kinoene nen haru Morita-za kōgyō ōiri daihyōban Bunkyū 4, spring of the year of the Rat (Wood), a performance in the Morita Theatre, a large audience and a great sensation

Technique & material	Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format	ōban
Width	24.5 cm
Height	36.1 cm

Object number	SH2018-DM-005
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma