Author: Utagawa Hirosada (歌川広貞).
Subject: The kabuki actor Jitsukawa Enzaburō (実川延三郎) as Nichiren Shōnin (日蓮上人) from the drama Nichiren Shōnin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海).
Number: 1st of two. (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: yes
Backed: yes
Code: UHS01004

Condition: General condition are good and color is still clear and vivid. The right birder is damaged on all is length probably because the print was glued or taped in an old book. It has been backed.

A print portraying the kabuki actor Jitsukawa Enzaburō playing the role of Nichiren from the drama Nichiren Shōnin Minori no Umi. The print is the first one from a diptych and it can be understood by the presence of the character "ue" (上) that slightly appears from left side of it.

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*It is paired with ITEM UHS01002