Condition:

General condition are good. Color has not faded and is still pretty clear and vivid. Any remarkable stain nor wrinkles. No fixing.

Gathering the arts: actng and reciting.
(eiyūgei tezoroi, 詠優芸手揃).

A geisha stands on a patio, acting and performing a dance for a group of customers during a banquet, as can be understood from the dishes placed on the tray in the background and the kiseru, a Japanese smoking pipe, on her left.
This print belong to a triptych: the customer she is entertaining are on her left, while her movements are actually accompained by the notes and the words played and recited by two other performers on the right. One is playing a samisen the other reciting a drama.

Condition:

General condition are good. Color has not faded and is still pretty clear and vivid. Any remarkable stain nor wrinkles. No fixing.

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Series /
Author Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞), here as Kiō (old with happiness) Toyokuni (喜翁豊国).
Size Ōban (大判).
Publisher Uoya Eikichi (魚屋 栄吉), here as Uoei (魚栄).
Number It is paired with ITEM UTKIII03002
Genre Bijin-ga (美人画), mitate-e (見立絵).
Period C. 1862 ~ 1863.
Trimmed No
Backed No
Code UTKIII03001