- Titles Actors Bandō Hikosaburō V as Teraoka Heiemon, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ōboshi Yuranosuke, Asao Yoroku II as Ono Kudayu, and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Okaru (Proper)@「寺岡平右衛門(五代目)坂東彦三郎」、「大星由良之助(八代目)片岡仁左衛門」、「斧九太夫(二代目)浅尾与六」、「おかる(三代目)「沢村田之助」 (Proper)@Three Actors (Proper)
- Artist Toyohara Kunichika, Japan, 1835 - 1900
- Medium ink and color on paper
- Dimensions 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of Dr. Roy T. Ward, 1995.108.1-.3
- Work Type woodblock prints, triptych
- Classification Prints
- Signature Recto, printed in red cartouchees, lower left of figure [right print]: Ikkeisai / Yoshiiku paints (一恵斎 / 芳幾画, Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga) Recto, red seal, below signature: [Paulownia] (芳桐印, yoshikiri-in) Recto, printed in yellow and red cartouche, bottom right [central print]: Ikkeisai / Yoshiiku paints (一恵斎 / 芳幾画, Ikkeisai / Yoshiiku ga) Recto, red seal, below signature: [Paulownia] (芳桐印, yoshikiri-in) Recto, printed in yellow and red cartouche, bottom left [left print]: Ikkeisai / Yoshiiku paints (一恵斎 / 芳幾画, Ikkeisai / Yoshiiku ga) Recto, red seal, below signature: [Paulownia] (芳桐印, yoshikiri-in)
- Marks Recto, seal of censor, above signature [right print]: Dog 2 aratame (戌二改) Recto, printed in yellow cartouche, left of signature [right print]: Carve [illegible] (彫 [illegible], Hori [illegible]) Recto, printed in calabash-shaped cartouche, left of yellow cartouche [right print]: Kanda / Kagishō (神田 / 鍵庄) Recto, seal of censor, above signature [central print]: Dog 2 aratame (戌二改) Recto, printed in yellow cartouche, left of signature [central print]: Carve [illegible] (彫 [illegible], Hori [illegible]) Recto, printed in calabash-shaped cartouche, right of signature [central print]: Kanda / Kagishō (神田 / 鍵庄) Recto, seal of censor, above signature [left print]: Dog 2 aratame (戌二改) Recto, printed in yellow cartouche, right of signature [left print]: Carve [illegible] (彫 [illegible], Hori [illegible]) Recto, printed in calabash-shaped cartouche, right of signature [left print]: Kanda / Kagishō (神田 / 鍵庄)
- Inscription Recto, printed in red cartouche, upper right [right print]: Okaru / Sawamura Tanosuke (おかる / 沢村田之助) Recto, printed in red cartouche, upper right [central print]: Ōboshi Yuranosuke / Kataoka Nizaemon (大星由良之助 / 片岡仁左衛門) Recto, printed in blue cartouche, upper right [central print]: Ono Kudayu / Asao Yoroku (浅尾与六 / 斧九太夫) Recto, printed in blue cartouche, upper right [left print]: Teraoka Heiemon / Bandō Hikosaburō (寺岡平右衛門 / 坂東彦三郎)