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- Creators: Utagawa Kunisada
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
Description
This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / Jōshūya Kinzō (Publisher) / 上州屋 錦蔵 (Publisher) / Hori Take (Contributor) / 彫竹 (Contributor)
Created1854
DescriptionThis print shows a scene from a play about the story of the Soga brothers, with the actors Arashi Kichisaburō III嵐吉三郎 (三代目) as Nitta Tadatsune 仁田忠常 and Kataoka Gadō II片岡我童 (二代目) as Soga Sukenari 曽我祐成.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / Yamadaya Shōbei (Contributor) / 山田屋庄兵衛 (?) (Contributor)
Created1851
Description
This print shows the actors Sasaki Gennosuke 佐々木源之助 (left) and Yodo Yosaemon 淀与三右衛門 (right) performing a fight scene in a kabuki play.