Kabuki Scene with a yakko kite (yakko dako, 奴 凧). The Yakko kite is hanging from the stage canopy, to be identified by the black rod or rope on his upper back. The title of this print is written in the red cassette left to the Yakko ("Yakko-dako taira", "奴凧平", "Ordinary Yakko-kite"). It seems to be springtime with lots of blossoming cherry twigs. The scene with an emerging roof on the right out of the sea of cherry blossoms, and the emerging pagoda on the lower left seems to be the same as within the kabuki scene of KUNISADA's "Soldiers Dream and Yakko-Kite". Nevertheless, all of KUNISADA's Yakko-kite kabuki prints (1, 2, 3) share the same landscape, and all have been printed in the same year. Maybe it's an advertisement for the same kabuki play.

Series - ~


Artist - see Biography

Signature -	"Toyokuni ga" ("豊国 画"), in streched oval brownish-red toshidama cartouche (Otoshidama-in, 年玉印), lower right side; above the toshidama cassette is circular aratame censor seal
	The oval date seal shows  "Ansei 3" (1857)

Publisher -  no seal to be seen

Image Size - 35.6 X 23.5 cm (14" x 9 1/4")


Condition - single panel; nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); Vertical ôban (ôban tate-e); maybe part of a triptych