An untitled series of actors with poems in their own handwriting
タイトル | [Nakamura Shikan IV as] Yamagata Gyōbunosuke, actually Inada Kōzō Yamagata Gyōbunosuke jitsu wa Inada Kōzō 山形刑部之助実ハ稲田幸蔵 |
シリーズタイトル | An untitled series of actors with poems in their own handwriting |
アーティスト | Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865) |
日にち | 5/1861 |
興行名 | Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no somewake 轡音繮染分 |
劇場 | Ichimura |
Uitgever | Kagiya Shōbei 鍵屋庄兵衛 |
木材カーバー | Koizumi Kanegorō 小泉兼五郎 |
場所 | Edo |
サイン | Toyokuni ga 豊國画 |
改印 | aratame Rooster 5 改酉五 |
版元印 | Ta Kagi-Shō 田鍵庄 |
彫師・摺師の印 | hori kō Koizumi Kane 彫工小泉兼 |
画中文字 | Poem by Nakamura Shikan IV: いつわりて通るお庭や杜若 芝翫「成駒」 Itsuwarite tōru oniwa ya botan —Shikan [sealed Narikoma] |
品質形状 | Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper |
フォーマット | ōban |
オブジェクト番号 | SH2018-DM-216 |
Credit line | Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma |
元 | Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma |
From a large, untitled series of actor portraits paired with poems composed by and in the handwriting of the actors themselves. Most of the backgrounds were designed by Miyagi Gengyo (1817–1880). Kunisada made a series with the same format for publisher Uoya Eikichi in the same year.