Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Shinobe Gunsuke (R) and actors as Priest Hokaibo and Princess Nowakehime (L) (Translation)
八代目市川団十郎の下部軍助 法界坊 野分姫ぼうこん 大判錦絵二枚続 (Primary Title)
Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage 隅田川続俤 (Tale of e Sumida River) (Play Title)
Warrior Gunsuke in the Tale of Sumidagawa (Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage) (Former Title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Japanese, 1797-1862 (Artist)

1848
Japanese
Prints
Works On Paper
Woodblock prints; ink and color on paper (diptych)
Place Made,Japan
Sheet (.800): 13 5/16 × 9 3/16 in. (33.81 × 23.34 cm)
2013.799-800
Not on view
Yakusha-e 役者絵
Edo period (1615-1868)
一勇斎国芳画 Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
Artist’s seal (cropped); two censors’ seals: 村松 吉村 Muramatsu and Yoshimura; one unidentified seal (cropped)
下部軍助 (R), 法界坊 野分姫ぼうこん (L)
Gift of Japan-Virginia Society
https://data.ukiyo-e.org/waseda/images/100-8145.jpg (left sheet)
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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