Scene from the kabuki play 'Imoseyama Onna Teikin' 妹背山婦女庭訓 - ca 1836 - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
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Stage scene from Kabuki play 'Imoseyama Onna Teikin' 妹背山婦女庭訓
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Actors:
Ichikawa Uzaemon XII as Motome もとめ
Seki Sanjūrō III as Fukashichi ふか七
Nakayama Miyoshi I as Omiwa お三輪 the daughter of the sake peddler
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Rare color woodcut around 1836 (triptych) .
Published by Hōeidō Takenouchi Magohachi
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Size: approx. 74. 00 cm × 36. 80 cm.
Collated and assembled (reinforced with Japanese paper verso) .
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Stamped/drawn on all three sheets: “Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga”
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Overall in good condition, as can be seen from the pictures. Rubbed at the edges and corners. Otherwise, age-related damage to the paper here and there. These defects are already well concealed by reinforcement with Japanese paper. Verso slightly yellowed and stained.
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Such a sheet has already been exhibited in the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf and has found its way into art volumes on Japanese woodcuts (see references) .
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Credentials:
Samurai, stage stars and beautiful women - Japanese woodcuts by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi / Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Gunda Luyken and Bernd Jesse, 2011
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Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints from the 19th century - gift from Dr. Hans Lühdorf/F. W. Heckmanns 1990
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Kuniyoshi 1798–1861, exhibition cat. Düsseldorf 1961, ed. v. Düsseldorf Art Museum, Cat. 9
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https: //emuseum. duesseldorf. de/view/objects/asitem/items$0040: 446028
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German digital library: https: //www. deutsche-digitale-bibliothek. de/item/O2H4OZZAKVJ6O63TBRWX2X25POZJV4J2
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Waseda University:
https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22182463; 1%22}&lang=jp
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https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22182502; 2%22}&lang=jp
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https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22182462; 2%22}&lang=jp
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A notice:
Selling without frame. The frame is only to show how the sheet might look framed.