Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature: Hirosada
Actors / roles (from right to left): Mimasu Daigoro IV as Fuwa Banzaemon, Arashi Rikan II as the courtesan Katsuragi, Kataoko Gado II as Nagoya Sanza, ?,?
Play: Ukiyozuka hiyoku no inazuma (Scabbards brushing in the Yoshiwara)
Publisher:
Date: c.1848
Foramt: chuban pentaptych (complete set)
Lit.: Arendie Herwig and Henk J. Herwig "Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (...)", 2005, p.74

Arashi Rikan II as Yakko Tsumakei


Two prints by different artists showing the same scene from the kabuki play

Shin Usuyuki Monogatari

performed 1/1829 at the Naka Theatre.


1.) Ashiyuki
(active c.1813-1831)

Signature: Gigado Ashi-yu-ki ga
Publisher: Shohonya Seishichi (Honsei)
oban tate-e
Lit.: Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozo Kamigata-e mokuroku", 2007, p.97

A better, full size version from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston showing the publisher's seal.





2.)
Shigeharu
(1803-1853)

Signature: Ryusai Shigeharu ga
Publisher: Tenki
right sheet of an oban tate-e diptych.


The left sheet shows Bando Intaro as Koshimoto Magaki.

The complete scene is described in "The Kabuki Handbook",1956, by Halford p. 288.