Artist: Utagawa Kunisada

Title: Sawamura Chojuro as Saigyo Hoshi, Onoe Baiko as Tayu Osakayama, Iwai Kumesaburo as Utsushiehime 沢村長十郎の西行法師、尾上梅幸の太夫逢阪山、岩井粂三郎のうつしえ姫

Date: 1849 (Kaei 2)

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Source: British Museum
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Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors (from right) Sawamura Chojuro V as the Priest Saigyo, Onoe Baiko IV as the courtesan Osakayama (‘Tayu Osakayama’) and Iwai Kumesaburo III as Princess Utsushie (‘Utsushiehime’), with a screen of Mt. Fuji behind, in the play ‘Fujimi Saigyo’ (富士見西行); performed at the Nakamura-za in the 4th month of 1849 (Kaei 2).

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