Trying to identify this print/ArtistTopicsTrying to identify this print/ArtistReplies5Voices3FreshnessMay 8, 2023StatusOpenMay 2, 2023 at 11:25 pmburzurk
May 6, 2023 at 2:44 pmthe signature might be that of Kunichika, and the actor's name Iwai something, but at that resolution, this is mere guesswork.It will be helpful if you upload your images on ukiyo-e.org and give the link
May 7, 2023 at 1:06 pmhttps://ukiyo-e.org/upload/b5c86fc0c7d5b73ae7d77d946fc6ee08#:~:text=https%3A//data.ukiyo%2De.org/uploads/images/b5c86fc0c7d5b73ae7d77d946fc6ee08.jpg
May 8, 2023 at 2:29 amprint by Kunichika, signing Toyohara Kunichika hitsu 豊原国周筆 Topactor Iwai Hanshirô VIII 岩井半四郎 as Umegawa 梅川 (lover of Chubei)actor Nakamura Soguro I 中村宗十郎 as [Kameya] Chubei 忠兵衛actor Nakamura Tsuruzô 中村仲蔵 as Hachiemon 八右エ門 Bottomactor Iwai Hanshirô VIII 岩井半四郎 VIII as Tsuchiya Umegawa 槌屋梅川 play : Koi no Tayori Misao no Kanabumi 恋飛脚操仮名文 (drama dealing with a lovers' double suicide)Played at the Nakamura theater in Tokyo on Meiji 7, 6th month (1874) part of a diptych, seedata.ukiyo-e.org/uploads/images/61f5b6be4e1785430476d6346de487d0.jpg Information provided by Lucienne
the signature might be that of Kunichika, and the actor's name Iwai something, but at that resolution, this is mere guesswork.
It will be helpful if you upload your images on ukiyo-e.org and give the link
https://ukiyo-e.org/upload/b5c86fc0c7d5b73ae7d77d946fc6ee08#:~:text=https%3A//data.ukiyo%2De.org/uploads/images/b5c86fc0c7d5b73ae7d77d946fc6ee08.jpg
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print by Kunichika, signing Toyohara Kunichika hitsu 豊原国周筆
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actor Iwai Hanshirô VIII 岩井半四郎 as Umegawa 梅川 (lover of Chubei)
actor Nakamura Soguro I 中村宗十郎 as [Kameya] Chubei 忠兵衛
actor Nakamura Tsuruzô 中村仲蔵 as Hachiemon 八右エ門
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actor Iwai Hanshirô VIII 岩井半四郎 VIII as Tsuchiya Umegawa 槌屋梅川
play : Koi no Tayori Misao no Kanabumi 恋飛脚操仮名文 (drama dealing with a lovers' double suicide)
Played at the Nakamura theater in Tokyo on Meiji 7, 6th month (1874)
part of a diptych, see
data.ukiyo-e.org/uploads/images/61f5b6be4e1785430476d6346de487d0.jpg
Information provided by Lucienne