Actor Onoe Kikujirô II as Akoya

「あこや」二代目尾上菊次郎

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yama-Chû (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 23.4 cm (13 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3216.12

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db (complete triptych)

DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.

Play: Hatsumoto Yui Soga no Kyôdai
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台（はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい）
河原崎

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし