ON THE KAMAKURA HANAMIZU BRIDGE (Utagawa Yoshiiku)

Object: original Japanese woodblock prints
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku 歌川芳幾 (1833-1904)
Print title: On the Kamakura Hanamizu Bridge 鎌倉花水橋
Print subject: actors, from right to left, Ichikawa Kodanji IV 四代目市川小団次 as the one-armed swordsman Ude no Kisaburo 腕ノ喜三郎, Kataoka Juzo 片岡十蔵 as Otori Ippei 大鳥逸平, Ichimura Kakitsu IV 四代目市村家橘 as Akebono Genta 曙源太 and Ichikawa Kuzo III 三代目市川九蔵 as Maboroshi Chozo 幻長蔵

Play: Koko ga Edo Koude no Tatehiki 慈江戸小腕達引
Theater: Ichimura 市村

Publisher: Omiya Kyujiro 近江屋久次郎 (Kiyudo 亀遊堂)
Carver: Matsushima Masakichi 松島政吉, marked Matsushima Hori Masa 松島彫政
Censor’s seal: Boar 9 aratame 亥九改

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: 1863, 9th month
Condition: fair, right signs of aging, slight stains, partially trimmed margins
Overall dimensions: 73,5 x 35,5 cm

SOLD