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- Creators: Utagawa Kunisada II
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada II (Artist) / 歌川 国定 (Artist) / Kiya Sōjirō (Publisher) / 木屋 宗次郎 (Publisher)
Created1864
DescriptionThe onnagata actor, Sawamura Tanosuke, as Shiranui Daijin in the kabuki play Kinoene Soga Daikokubashira 甲子曽我大国柱.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada II (Artist) / 歌川 国定 (Artist) / Tsutaya Kichizō (Publisher) / 蔦屋 吉蔵 (Publisher) / Hori Shōji (Contributor) / 彫 庄治 (Contributor)
Created1852
DescriptionThe kabuki actor Seki Sanjūrō II portrays the character Amazaki Jūichirō Terufumi from the dramatization of the 106-volume 19th century novel, Nansō Satomi Hakkenden 南總里見八犬傳 (The Tale of Eight Dogs), by Kyokutei Bakin.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada II (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Publisher) / 大黒屋 金之助 (Publisher)
Created1867
Description
This print by Kunisada II portrays standing Edo courtesan with a roll of tissues tucked in her obi. There is a calligraphic poetic inscription in the upper left corner.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada II (Artist) / 歌川 国定 (Artist) / Chō Hori (Contributor) / 長彫 (Contributor) / Maruya Kyūshirō (Publisher) / 丸屋久四郎 (Publisher)
Created1864
Description
Triptych by Utagawa Kunisada II depicting a scene from the kabuki play Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji (The Imitation Murasaki and the Rustic Genji), a dramatization of a popular book by Ryūtei Tanehiko 柳亭 種彦 that satirizes the Tale of Genji.