Author: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞), here as Kiō (old with happiness) Toyokuni (喜翁豊国).
Subject: Gathering the arts: acting and reciting (eiyūgei tezoroi, 詠優芸手揃).
Number: (C).
Genre: bijin-ga (美人画), mitate-e (見立絵), yakusha-e (役者絵).
Size: large (ōban, 大判).
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (魚屋 栄吉), here as Uoei (魚栄).
Period: c. 1862~1863.
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: UTKIII03002

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

One of the prints from the "Gathering the arts: acting and reciting" triptych by Toyokuni III.
Here we have a couple of performer, one playing the samisen while the other reciting a drama. Their words and music create the atmosphere and the scenario in which another performer, a geisha (芸者), depicted on a second print acts and dances.