Author: Utagawa Hirosada (歌川広貞).
Subject: The kabuki actor Nakayama Nanshi (中山南枝) as Nanazato Hime (七里姫)
from the kabuki drama Nichiren shōnin minori no umi (日蓮上人御法海).
Number: 1 (left one from a diptych).
Genre: yakusha-e (役者絵), kamigata-e (上方絵), ōkubi-e (大首絵).
Size: medium (chūban, 中判).
Publisher: Ueda (上田).
Period: c. 1849.
Trimmed: no
Backed: yes
Code: UHS01002
Condition: general conditions are good. Color is still pretty clear and vivid. There
are no remarkable stains, wrinkles nor fixing. It has not been trimmed but has been
backed with a thick paper showing a calligraphy.
The kabuki actor Nakayama Nanshi playing as onnagata (女形) the female role
of Nanazato hime, from the drama Nichiren Shōnin Minori no Umi.
The print is the second one from a diptych and it can be understood by the presence
of the japanese character shita (下) in the lower left side of it. On the
opposite side the publisher seal has been applied in red.
*It is paired with ITEM UHS01004