Ukiyo-e Galleries

The Collection of Alec Wood

Seki Sanjūrō III and Nakamura Utaemon IV in Chūkō homare no takanawa
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861)
Publisher: Yoshi 芳
1848
Signature
一勇齋　國芳画
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
Publisher Seal
芳
Yoshi
Censor Seals
村松、吉村
Muramatsu, Yoshimura
Labeled Figures/Features
「千崎弥五郎」 Seki Sanjūrō III as Senzaki Yagorō
「百性弥作」 Nakamura Utaemon IV as the farmer (hyakushō) Yasaku
Commentary
Seki Sanjūrō III and Nakamura Utaemon IV in Chūkō homare no takanawa 忠孝誉高輪, staged at the Nakamura in Edo, third month of 1848.
Center and right sheets of a triptych. The left panel features Onoe Kikujirō II as Yasaku's wife (nyōbō), 弥作女房.
Dimensions
Two vertical ōban sheets;
24.3 × 35.7 cm (9.5 × 14.1 in)
24.7 × 35.7 cm (9.7 × 14.1 in)
Additional Images
117-a_reverse.jpg [Reverse of left sheet]
117-b_reverse.jpg [Reverse of right sheet]
117_pubseal.jpg [Detail: publisher seal]
Other Impressions
www.kuniyoshiproject.com [The full triptych (4th image down)]