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Print of a Kabuki actor playing the role of 勝間源五兵衛 Katsuma Gengobei, presumably in the play 五大力恋緘 Godairiki Koi no Fûjime" (Five Great Powers That Secure Love), as the words 五大力 are seen upside down at bottom right.
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Here's a bit of additional information to add to manuD's finding of Katsuma Gengobei 勝間源五兵衛
Print of a Kabuki actor playing the role of 勝間源五兵衛 Katsuma Gengobei, presumably in the play 五大力恋緘 Godairiki Koi no Fûjime" (Five Great Powers That Secure Love), as the words 五大力 are seen upside down at bottom right.
Thank you very much for all of this information!
Here's a bit of additional information to add to manuD's finding of Katsuma Gengobei 勝間源五兵衛
Actor : Nakamura Fukusuke [1]中村福助
name indicated on print 児雀 (Kojaku)
see samples with seal
https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/results-big.php?f11=1&f85[]=%E5%85%90%E9%9B%80&-format=resultsp.htm&-max=50&singleskip=29&enter=portal&lang=en&skip=0
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Play : Chushin akatsukino tori 忠臣曙金鶏
Theater : Morita
Date : 1860/05
Inscription on the shamisen 三五大切
Thank you very much for this wealth of information which I appreciate your sharing!
Excuse me, I made a mistake, the title is
Godairiki Iro no Fujime 五大力色〆
See banzuke advertising three plays at the Morita theater
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/225548