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  • manuD

    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

  • burzurk

    https://ukiyo-e.org/upload/b5c86fc0c7d5b73ae7d77d946fc6ee08#:~:text=https%3A//data.ukiyo%2De.org/uploads/images/b5c86fc0c7d5b73ae7d77d946fc6ee08.jpg

  • lucienne parkan

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  • manuD

    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

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