Utagawa KUNISADA
Bandō Hikosaburō IV in a quick-change double role as Kobotoke Koheiji and his wife (Nyōbō) Otsuru
(Kobotoke Koheiji Nyōbō o Tsuru niyaku hayakawari Bandô Hikosaburô yondaime Ōatari 小仏小平二女房おつる二役早かわり坂東彦三郎 (四代目) 大当り)
1840

Medium
colour woodblock

Measurements
35.2 × 24.2 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1992

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Edo (Tokyo), Japan

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.r.: 小仏小平二 / 女房おつる二役早かわり / 坂東彦三郎 / 大当り
printed in ink (in image) c.: 五渡亭 / 国貞画
printed in ink (in image) l.l.:佐 / 野屋喜

Accession Number
AS21-1992

Department
Asian Art

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