Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Mino no Shōkurō, Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Gantetsu, actually Miura Arajirō, and Nakamura Karoku I as the Prostitute Hinazuru, actually Shōkurō’s wife Kochō
Artist: Shunkōsai Hokushū; Publisher: Izutsuya Denbei
triptych in inverted T shape; top image (a): two figures on a balcony; standing man at right pouring brown liquid down from a small brown pitcher; man wearing kimono with yellow feather and scroll patterns and grey tassels at hem; upside down figure wearing black garments and straw sandals, reaching out across floor of balcony with PL hand
lower left image (b): standing female with long ponytail wearing a pink kimono with yellow waves and birds at hem; obi has large crab at back; figure is looking at text written in liquid by man on balcony; screen (?) in background with patterns of white and blue birds and spiral elements
lower right image (c): standing man holding a lantern aloft in his PR hand; man wearing a black kimono with grey tassels at hem; screen (?) in background with patterns of white and blue birds and spiral elements
- Date
- c. 1823, 1st month
- In our collection
- since May the 2nd, 2011 up to now
- Dimensions
- 14 1/2 × 10 in. (36.83 × 25.4 cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper with mica
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- Composition
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atium 0% zinc 100%