This is the center section in a triptych.According to its date, this print likely depicts actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Öboshi Rikiya in the 1849 production of "Kanadehon Chushingura" at the Nakamura theater.
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Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Honzō Musume Konami (L) and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Ōboshi Rikiya (R)
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Daikokuya Heikichi < Daihei > Shōjudō"
]
1859
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Kakogawa Honzō and Ōishi's wife Oishi
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Yamamotoya Heikichi, Eikyūdō"
]
1849
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Onnadate Narukami Otsuru
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Yamaguchiya Tōbei, Kinkōdō, Shunkindō"
]
1847-1851
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Oze Kichizo
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Yamazakiya Seishichi < Yamasei > Sanseidö"
]
1859
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei (right)
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Unknown Publisher"
]
1856
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
The onnagata actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asazuma
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Yamamotoya Heikichi, Eikyūdō"
]
1858
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Momonoi Wakanosuke
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Maruya Jinpachi < Marujin > Enjudō"
]
1860
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Takano Moronao
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Maruya Jinpachi < Marujin > Enjudō"
]
1860
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
The Onnagata Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Sakura-hime (left) and the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kiyomizu Seigen (right)
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Jōshūya Kinzō < Jōkin > Shōfukudō"
]
1852
Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Actor Onoe Kikujirō II as Chūrō Onoe
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"Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III",
"Yamamotoya Heikichi, Eikyūdō"
]
1852