Posted by Guy Pepermans (83.134.116.10) on December 30, 2010 at 22:27:33:
In Reply to: Unknown and unsigned! posted by Mikael on December 30, 2010 at 20:17:17:
This is the middle panel of a kabuki triptych yToyohara Kunichika. Only the right hand panel is signed. Here is a link to the full composition in the Waseda db:
http://www.enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-set800.php?group=101-6560&Max=9&sortfield1=ihan&sortfield2=juhuku_no&sortfield3=ichi&sortorder3=descending
Play: Onai hitome no sekimori
Theater: Kabukiza Tokyo
Date: July 1897
Actors
Right: Ichikawa Yaozô VII as Munikiyo
Middle: Nakamura Fukusuke IV as Takiwa gozen
Left: two child actors in the same role "Waka" - Bando Mitahachi III (1885-1932) and Ichikawa Eitaro (Ichikawa Raizo VII – born 1890 died ?).
Guy