Inagi Shinnosuke (center) and the Courtesan Tamagiku of the Nakamanjiya brothel (right)
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III
(Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Publisher
Ōtaya Takichi
(c. 1850s~1860s)
Date1857
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and color on paper
Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensions13 11/16 x 26 9/16 in. (34.8 x 67.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Victor S.K. Houston in honor of his wife, Pinao Brickwood Houston, 1941 (11640.40)
Object number11640.40
DescriptionAccording to its date, this print likely depicts the actor Bando Hikosaburo V as Inagi Shinnosuke (center) and the onnagata actor Onoe Kikugoro IV as the courtesan Tamagiku of the Nakaminjiya brothel (right) in the 1857 production of "Ami Moyo Toro no Kuku Kiri" at the Ichimura theater.On View
Not on viewCollections
Eishōsai Chōki
20th century