Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)
Sawamura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助) as Obiya Chōemon ( 帯や長右衛門)
09/1807
9.8 in x 14.4 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Miyakawaya Seiemon
(Marks 328 -seal 16-011)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Lyon Collection - another Toyokuni I of this actor with his crest prominently displayed
Kunitachi College of Music Library (via Ritsumeikan University)
Drexel Museum This print has seen better days. It is soiled, torn, worn and faded. But even as it is, the figure of Gennosuke I could be identified, not by the printed text in the upper right, but by this actor's personal crest, a partial chrysanthemum flower, seen in a circular pattern. It is what decorates his under-robe and can be seen clearly on the front of the lower part of his costume.
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Mikawaya Seiemon (三河屋清右衛門) (publisher)
Sawamura Gennosuke I (初代沢村源之助: 1/1791 to 10/1811) (actor)