Author: Utagawa Kunisada III (三代目 歌川 国貞) here signed as Hitsuju Kōchōrō hitsu (必需 香朝楼 筆) with toshidama (toshidama in, 年玉印) mark.
Play: Ghost tale, the peony lantern (kaidan botan dōrō, 怪談牡丹燈篭).
Subject: the Kabuki actor Onoe Matsusuke IV (四代目尾上松助) playing the role of Iijima Eizaemon (飯島平左衛門).
Genre: yakusha-e (役者絵).
Size: large (ōban, 大判) 37,4cm x 25cm (14,72 x 9,84 inches).
Publisher: Fukuda Kumajirō (福田熊次郎).
Period: c. 1892.
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: UKSIII03001

Condition: good condition. Colour is clear and vivid. Any remarkable stain nor crease. No damage nor fixing.

This print shows the kabuki actor Onoe Matsusuke IV as Iijima Eizaemon in a scene taken from the drama Kaidan botan dōrō. It belongs to a triptych of which it occupies the first place from the left side.

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