The print is by Kunisada I, here signing "Toyokuni ga". Depicted are (from left) the actors Sawamura Tanosuke III and Ichikawa Ichizō III as Fushimiya musume Oume (伏見屋娘お梅) and Iwami Jūtarō (岩見重太郎) in the play "Katakiuchi amanohashidate" performed at the Morita Theatre, Edo, in 7/1860. Date is 7/1860; the publisher is unidentified (seal reads "Kyū, Kanda, Horikoshi").
Thank you. I bought a collection of prints from an elderly friend of my mother in the 1980s. I will read the play.
The story in the play is pretty dark, but oddly appropriate for the Halloween season.
The print is by Kunisada I, here signing "Toyokuni ga".
Depicted are (from left) the actors Sawamura Tanosuke III and Ichikawa Ichizō III as Fushimiya musume Oume (伏見屋娘お梅) and Iwami Jūtarō (岩見重太郎) in the play "Katakiuchi amanohashidate" performed at the Morita Theatre, Edo, in 7/1860.
Date is 7/1860; the publisher is unidentified (seal reads "Kyū, Kanda, Horikoshi").
Thank you. I bought a collection of prints from an elderly friend of my mother in the 1980s. I will read the play.
The story in the play is pretty dark, but oddly appropriate for the Halloween season.