Original woodblock print triptych - Washi paper - Actors, Woman Showing her Tattoo - Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) - Reputation of Maidens: Mirror of Good and Evil 処女評判善悪鏡 - Japan - 1865 (Genji 2/Keio 1), 6th month

Three original Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints (triptych?) made on the occasion of the staging, at the Ichimura-za (市村座) theater in Tokyo, of the kabuki play Musume Hyoban Zen'aku Kagami (処女評判善悪鏡) , that is "Reputation of Maidens: Mirror of Good and Evil". Artist: Utagawa Kunisada II (二代目歌川国貞) - signed Kunisada hitsu 国貞筆 Characters (from right to left) : Onoe Kikujiro II (二代目尾上菊次郎) as Tokubei's Wife Otoki actually Kumokiri Otatsu (女房お時実は雲切お辰) Bando Hikosaburo V (五代目坂東彦三郎) as Manoya Tokubei (真野屋徳兵衛) Ichimura Kakitsu IV (四代目市村家橘) as the Palace Maid Takegawa actually Subashiri Okuma (奥女中竹川実はすばしりお熊) Nakamura Tsuruzo I (初代中村鶴蔵) as Yamaneko Osan (山猫おさん) Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (海老屋林之助) , owner of Kaijudo (海寿堂) Carver: Matsushima Masakichi (松島彫政) Year: 1865 (Genji 2/Keio 1) , 6th month Condition: overall fair, signs of aging, imperfections on the margins, slight stains and halos, partially trimmed margins - please, look at the pictures Overall size: 34. 5 x 69 cm For different depictions of the same performance that interestingly do not feature a tattoo see Waseda University: https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22190415; 1%22}&lang=en and Ritsumeikan University ARC: https: //www. dh-jac. net/db/nishikie/arc. UP2532/portal/ The woodblock prints will be well-packaged and shipped by registered mail with a tracking code.