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Subject:Identifying Japanese Print
Posted By: JJ Mon, Dec 06, 2021 IP: 102.65.30.213
Good Day,

Please can I have help identifying the attached print?

Thank you in advance







Subject:Re: Identifying Japanese Print
Posted By: Horst Graebner Mon, Dec 06, 2021
The print is by Kunisada I, signing "Toyokuni ga".
Actors and roles (from left):
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII, Ichikawa Ebizō V, Bandō Shūka I
Minamoto Yorinobu ason(源頼信朝臣), Soma Taisaku jitsuha Masakado no borei (相馬大作 実ハ将門ノ亡霊), Takiyasha hime jitsuha Nasu no Tamamo kitsune (滝夜叉姫 実ハなすの玉藻狐)
Play: "Azuma dairi hana mo Yoshikado", performed at the Kawarazi theatre, Edo, in 11/1848.
Publisher Daikokuya Heikichi, censor seals Haman and Magome.
Horst

Subject:Re: Identifying Japanese Print
Posted By: Horst Graebner Wed, Dec 08, 2021
Uups: not "Kawarazi theatre" but "Kawarazaki theatre".
Horst

Subject:Re: Identifying Japanese Print
Posted By: Stan Mon, Dec 06, 2021
Your triptych is by Kunisada (aka Toyokuni III) signing as Toyokuni. It was printed in 1848 and is titled 源頼信朝臣 (maybe I. Nagy can help with the title)

The Waseda University Theatre Museum has the left panel. See the link below.

Regards,
Stan

URL Title :源頼信朝臣


Subject:Re: Identifying Japanese Print
Posted By: JJ Tue, Dec 07, 2021
Thank you again for your knowledge and time, much appreciated

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