[Nakamura Shikan IV as] Yamagata Gyōbunosuke, actually Inada Kōzō

An untitled series of actors with poems in their own handwriting

情報

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 botanShikan [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
Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

説明

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.