Author: Utagawa Yoshitaki (歌川芳瀧).
Subject: The kabuki actor Onoe Tamizō (尾上多見蔵) as Sagizaka Bannai (鷺坂伴内).
Series: The treasury of loyal retainers [end of the third act] (Kanadehon chūshingura
[san no kiri], 仮名手本忠臣蔵 [三ノ切]). First print of a triptych.
Genre: yakusha-e (役者絵), kamigata-e (上方絵).
Size: medium (chūban, 中版) 25,3cm x 18,4cm (9,96 x 7,24 inches).
Publisher: Yaoya zensuke (八尾屋善助), here as Yaozen ban(八尾善版).
Period: c. 1874.
Trimmed: no
Backed: yes
Code: UYT01002
Condition: the conditions are good. Color is still clear and vivid. No remarkable stain nor wrinkles.
No fixing. The herons on the red garment wore by the warriors have been e mbellished with the embossing
technique.