Original woodblock print,vertical diptych,edo period – Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)Utagawa Toyokuni III -“Meido no hikyaku”冥途の飛脚(The Courier for Hell)- Japan -(1810-1842)

Description

Original woodblock print,vertical diptych,edo period – Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)Utagawa Toyokuni III -“Meido no hikyaku”冥途の飛脚(The Courier for Hell)- Japan -(1810-1842)

This drawn  Kabuki’s 冥途の飛脚(The Courier for Hell).

Actors

Sawamura totsushō 澤村 訥升 playing the role of Kameya chūbee 亀屋忠兵衛

Sawamura totsushō 澤村 訥升 playing  the role of Shinkuchimura Magoiemon 新口村孫右衛門

Iwai Shijaku 岩井紫若Playing the role of Umeoumaru 槌屋梅川

The signature says “Gotoutei Kunisada e,”五渡亭国貞画”.

※This is Japanese paper so tears easily.
There are folds because it is old

memo
Utagawa Kunisada,also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III,was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.In his own time,his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries,Hokusai,Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.he took on Utagawa as a surname, and also used the surname Gototei 五渡亭( bunka 8 period to the end of Tenpo period),Kouchouou香蝶楼 ( Bunsei 10 period to the first Kaei),Nishikichorou錦朝楼,Yuusai雄斎 (bunka 9 period of), Kotoraisha 琴雷舎(bunka 10 period of), Kitaumedo北梅戸、Tomibozanjin富望山人,Tomoboan 富望庵, tōki-en桃樹園, Oukou応好, Gepparou 月波楼(bunka 8 period), Kioh喜翁 (Bunkyu 2period), Toyokuni豊国 Kunisadasha国貞, Hinashishi Toyokuni雛獅子豊国 , Ukiyo Matahira浮世又平

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The Courier for Hell or Courier of Hell (Meido no hikyaku 冥途の飛脚) is a love-suicide play by the Japanese writer Chikamatsu Monzaemon, written in 1711. It follows a similar storyline to some of his other love-suicide plays, including The Love Suicides at Sonezaki and The Love Suicides at Amijima. The Courier for Hell was based on real events that took place in Osaka in 1710. It is one of the most celebrated of his domestic plays.