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Backstage at the Season-opening Performance of the Morita Theatre [Edo] (Morita-za kaomise gakuya no zu, sanmai tsuzuki 森田座顔見世楽屋之図 三枚続) (woodblock print)
One of Triptych. Backstage at the Movita-Za theatre, actors named in cartouches. Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga. Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō). Carver: Hagiwara Ranjirō. Actors: Sanokawa Hanatsuma IV, Ichikawa Yaozō IV, Sakata Kinzō, Sawamura Tōzaburō, Musician Tokiwazu Komojidayū, Actors Iwai Hanshirō V, Ichikawa Dansaku I, Ichikawa Sanzaburō, Morita Kan’ya IX, Ichikawa Matsutarō, Arashi Shinbei III, Ichikawa Sōzaburō IV, Ichikawa Monzaburō II, Ichikawa Heijirō, Bandō Mikizō, Iwai Kamejirō, Iwai Tatsujirō, Onoe Senzō, Iwai Mzatsunosuke I, Ichikawa Danbei.