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First I would like to give many thanks for the replies I have received in my previous posts, And if anyone can read the script and identify this old Japanese woodblock print, the paper size is approx 38cm x 27cm.

Your print is by Kunisada II and was published in 1866. The title is: 金華七変化の内 老母落葉実は玉垂の怪猫 (`Kinka shichihenge no uchi'`rōbo rakuyō jitsuwa tamadareno kaibyō') (something about a monster cat). There is one at the Ritsumeikan University here:

http://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/results-big.php?f11=1&f85[]=%E9%87%91%E8%8F%AF%E4%B8%83%E5%A4%89%E5%8C%96%E3%81%AE%E5%86%85&-format=resultsp.htm&-max=50&singleskip=5&enter=portal&lang=en&skip=0

However, it is mostly in Japanese.

It is one of series of 7 prints. Here is the full series:

http://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/results.php?enter=portal&lang=en&f85=%E9%87%91%E8%8F%AF%E4%B8%83%E5%A4%89%E5%8C%96%E3%81%AE%E5%86%85&f23%5B0%5D=&f23%5B1%5D=&f52=&f53%5B0%5D=&f53%5B1%5D=&f56=&f1=&f49%5B%5D=&f49%5B%5D=&f22=&f25=&f20=&f24=&f94=&f13=&f14=&f65=&f83=&f44=&f90=&f71=&f61=&f27=&f28%5B0%5D=&f28%5B1%5D=&f62=&f63=&f64=&f32%5B0%5D=&f32%5B1%5D=&f31%5B0%5D=&f31%5B1%5D=&f57=&f58=&f36=&f6=&-format=resultsp.htm&-sortField1=&-sortField2=&-sortField3=&-sortField4=&-max=50&f69=&f11%5B%5D=1&f9%5B%5D=&-Find=Search

Cheers,
Stan

Title,
金華七變化の内　-　Kinka shichihenka no uchi - From the Series of Seven Variations of Lantana Flower
老母落葉　實ハ玉垂の怪猫　-　Rōba Ochiba Jitsu wa Tamadare no Kaibyō　-　Old Lady Ochiba is Really the Monster Cat
Cartouche,
應需　國貞筆　-　Ōju Kunisada-hitsu - Painted on request by Kunisada
Seal,
So called Toshidama-in　(Red ball mark)
寅七改　-　1866.07 (Aratame-in)

Utagawa Kunisada II.
1866

With regards,
I.Nagy

Oops,
Rōbo (Not Rōba) ..... Old Lady Ochiba is Really the Monster Cat Tamadare
Publisher's mark,
文、辻文板　横山三丁目　-　Bun, Tsujibun-han, (Tsujioka Bunsuke) Publication (Edo) Yokoyama 3 chōme

The story of the series is based on the famous monster cat story of the Nabeshima clan in Saga prefecture.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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