Actors in Parody Roles (Mitate): Ichikawa Kuzō III as an Echigo Lion Dancer (far left), Ichimura Takematsu III as another Echigo Lion Dancer (center left), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Eguchi no Kimi, and Sawamura Tosshō II as Priest Saigyō (far right)
Titles
- 二代目沢村訥升の見立西行法師、四代目市村家橘の見立江口の君、三代目市村竹松の見立越後しゝ、三代目市村九蔵の見立越後しゝ
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III
(Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Publisher
Unknown Publisher
Date1863
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and color on paper
Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensionssheet size: 13 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (34.9 x 73.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Victor S.K. Houston in honor of his wife, Pinao Brickwood Houston, 1941 (11640.32)
Object number11640.32
DescriptionAccording to its date, this print likely depicts a scene from the 1863 kabuki performance of "Koi no Tekuda Monju no Chie no Wa" at the Ichimura theater.On View
Not on viewCollections
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III
1865
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III
1825-1842
Utagawa Kunisada II (Utagawa Kunimasa III)
1863
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III
1861
Toyohara Kunichika
ca. 1870s