Actors Bandô Shûka I as the Geisha Gaku no Kosan and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tobi-no-mono Omatsuri Kingorô, from an untitled series

「げひしやがくの小さん」初代坂東しうか、「鳶の者於祭の金五良」八代目市川団十郎

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)

Japanese

Edo period

1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.8 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number50.2318

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15991, 50.2318

Play: Chikai Musubi Ukina no Tategaku
Theater: Nakamura
盟結艶立額（ちかいむすびうきなのたてがく）
中村
嘉永3（1850）年9月

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on right image), Kuniyoshi ga (on left image)
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし