Bandō Hikosaburō V as Ushiwakamaru in 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (<i>Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi</i> - 見立十二ヶ月ノ内): this represents the 10th and 11th months
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)
Utagawa Kunihisa II ([二代目]歌川国久) (artist 1832 – 1891)

Bandō Hikosaburō V as Ushiwakamaru in 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi - 見立十二ヶ月ノ内): this represents the 10th and 11th months

Print

1859
9.875 in x 14.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Kōchōrō Toyokuni hitsu
Inset signed: Kunihisa ga
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Marks 145 seal: 21-059)
Carver: Yokogawa Takejirō
Waseda University
Waseda University - the complete set
Edo-Tokyo Museum A Parody of the Twelve Months : September, Ushiwakamaru, and October, Worship of the God of Ebisu 「見立十二ヶ月ノ内」

Inset: Red tai (fish), mochi, etc.

Portrait by Toyokuni III (Kunisada). Inset by Kunihisa II.
Iseya Kanekichi (伊勢屋兼吉) (publisher)
Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎: 3/1856 to 10/1877) (actor)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)