Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Kunisada III (1848-1920) – “Sakura sō gorō monogatari”佐倉宗五郎物語(The story of Sakura Sogoro) – Japan – 1893 (Meiji 26)

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Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Kunisada III (1848-1920) – “Sakura sō gorō monogatari”佐倉宗五郎物語(The story of Sakura Sogoro) – Japan – 1893 (Meiji 26)

This drawn the scene of Higashiyama sakurasōshi, a performance called Kabuki’.

The signature says “Ouju Kochoro hitsu 応需香朝楼筆”.
This sign “Kouchourou hitsu” is also used by the, fifth Utagawa Kunimasa.

A disciple of the 3rd generation Utagawa Kunisada and the 4th generation Utagawa Kunisada. His artname is Takeuchi (his mother), his childhood name is Asataro, and his first name is Eihisa. He used the artname Baidou(梅堂), Baichoro(梅朝楼), Kochoro(香朝楼), Ichijusai(一寿斎), Baidouhousai(梅堂豊斎),and Hosai(芳斎). Born in Nihonbashi, Edo (currently Tokyo’s 23 wards). His father is Eijiro Osakaya大阪屋栄次郎 (Sadayama Kineya), and his mother is Sato Takeuchi. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Tomiyoshicho, Fukagawa. The third generation Kunisada refers to his mother’s surname. In 1858, he was introduced to his father’s friend Kunimaro Utagawa’s father at the age of 11 and became a disciple of the third generation Toyokuni. Utagawa Kunimasa). After the death of the third generation Kunisada, he studied painting with the second generation Kunisada Utagawa (fourth generation Kunisada). He inherited the name of Kunisada as the third generation in 1889, and first art named Kochoro. Furthermore, after 1891, he was named Hosai. He mainly painted civilization and actors, and was good at caricatures of the first Sadanji Ichikawa. He also draws many genre paintings.