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Onoe Kikugoro IV as the courtesan Tamagiku of the Nakamanjiya Brothel (R), Bando Hikosaburo V as Inagi Shinnosuke (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Nakamanya Yahei (L)
Onoe Kikugoro IV as the courtesan Tamagiku of the Nakamanjiya Brothel (R), Bando Hikosaburo V as Inagi Shinnosuke (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Nakamanya Yahei (L)
Onoe Kikugoro IV as the courtesan Tamagiku of the Nakamanjiya Brothel (R), Bando Hikosaburo V as Inagi Shinnosuke (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Nakamanya Yahei (L)

Onoe Kikugoro IV as the courtesan Tamagiku of the Nakamanjiya Brothel (R), Bando Hikosaburo V as Inagi Shinnosuke (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Nakamanya Yahei (L)

Artist (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Date1857
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and color on paper Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensionssheet size: 13 13/16 × 19 3/16 in. (35.1 × 48.8 cm)
mata size: 20 × 28 in. (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
frame size: 21 × 29 × 1 1/4 in. (53.3 × 73.7 × 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Victor S.K. Houston in honor of his wife, Pinao Brickwood Houston, 1941 (11640.03)
Object number11640.03
DescriptionAccording to its date, this print likely depicts Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Nakamanya Yahei (left), Bando Hikosaburo V as Inagi Shinnosuke (center), and Onoe Kikugoro IV as the courtesan Tamagiku of the Nakamanjiya Brothel (right) in the kabuki play "Ami moyo toro no kiku kiri," performed at the Ichimura theater in 1857.
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Ichimura Uzaemon XII (L) and Nakamura Shikan IV (R)
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III
1861