Kabuki Scene Oban From Triptych | Antique Japanese Wood Block Print

A single oban from a triptych promoting a kabuki play. 

Title:  當盛五人揃肌競   -   Gou Sei Gonin Zoroi Hada Kurabe

Translation:

 - 元治元年 大當板本勝利   -   Genji 1(1864) Great book victory

 - 君喜 吉祥日成   -   Kimiki, Auspicious Day

Censor’s Seal: 国周画(年玉印)  Kunichika (Toshidama seal)

The actors depicted are

• 中村 芝翫 / Nakamura Shikan
• 市村 家橘 / Ichimura Kakitsu
• 坂東 彦三郎 / Bando Hikosaburo
• 沢村 田之助 / Sawamura Tanosuke
• 河原崎 権十郎 / Kawarazaki Gonjyuro

Author: 豊原 国周 Toyohara Kunichika(1835-1900)

     At the age of 13, Toyohara Kunichika became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞/Toyokuni III (1786-1865).

Block Carver, Printer: 朝倉 彫万 Asakura Horiman

Publisher: 辻岡屋 文助 Tsujiokaya Bunsuke

• Material - Ink on paper
• Early 19th Century
•  13.875” x 9.25” (length, width)
  
• SKU: WB-TT02