Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) - "Yakusya-e"役者絵 (Acror picture) - Japan - 1863 (Bunkyu 3 period) Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III 沢村太之助 playing the role of Onnnafunagata okino 女舟形おきの Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I 河原崎権十郎 playing the role of Sarumawasi Jinzaku 猿回しじん作 Bandô Hikosaburô V 坂東彦三郎 playing the role of Uekiya Otomatsu 植木屋音松 The signature says “Baichourou Kunisada-e, Kunisada-e”梅蝶楼国貞画,国貞画”. Condition: some small stains and holes, see images A disciple of Kunisada Utagawa. His surname is Nakazato and later Iwatake. His childhood name is Masakichi, and later Seitaro. He used art sign Baido(梅堂) during the national affairs, Ichijusai(一寿斎), Umechoro(梅蝶楼), and Horaisha(宝来舎) during the second Kokusada era, and Kochoro, Ichiyosai(一陽斎), and Horaisha(宝来舎) after the Ⅳ Toyokuni. In the 7th year of Tenpo (1836), he entered Kunisada (III Toyokuni), and in 1850, he became the son-in-law of the 3rd generation Toyokuni’s eldest daughter, Suzu, and succeeded the name of “national affairs” and became the 2nd generation Utagawa Kunimasa. I called it. He is in the 5th year of Kaei, and he has signed a seal as “Kunimasa change Kunisada II”. Since then, he has succeeded the writing of Master Kunisada in the illustrations for feature-length gōkan. The third generation Toyokuni died in the first year of the Genji era (1864), and then from the 3rd year of the Meiji era to the 4th year of the Meiji era (1870-1871), he called himself the “third generation Toyokuni” (actually the fourth generation).