Actor Sawamura Tosshô II as Hiranoya Kôjirô 平の屋幸次郎 - 1863 - Utagawa Kunisada (1785-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Originele houtblok prent Utagawa Kunisada (  歌 川 国 貞 ) ook bekend als Utagawa Toyokuni III ( 三代 歌 川 豊 国 ) 1786-1865.

Yakusha-e (役者絵), actorprint.

"Actor Sawamura Tosshô II as Hiranoya Kôjirô 平の屋幸次郎　沢村訥升 in the play "Chô Chidori Suma no Kumiuchi"（ちょうちどりすまのくみうち）performed at the Ichimura-za in 1863.

The Ichimura-za (市村座) was a major kabuki theatre in the Japanese capital of Edo (later, Tokyo), for much of the Edo period, and into the 20th century. It was first opened in 1634 and was run by members of the Ichimura family for much of the following nearly three centuries before it was destroyed by fire in 1932. 

Date: 1863 (Bunkyû 3), 2nd month.文久０３
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (伊勢屋兼吉)
Censor's seal: Boar 2 aratame 亥二改

See: Museum of Fine Arts Boston-https://collections.mfa.org/objects/486874
Waseda University-https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/detail.html?arg={%22subDB_id%22:%2252%22,%22id%22:%22185437%22}&lang=undefined

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