Comment - Kabuki image of actors offstage visiting the market at Asakusa Temple. Two men stand under the entrance gate with a guardian figure behind a wire grill at left and a display of two Edo kaku kites ("Edo kaku", "江戸角凧") below. The standing Edo kaku is decorated with a Daruma face, white kanji on brown background and an octopus kite (tako tako, 鮹凧). The Edo kite laying below on the ground has white kanji on a blue background ("Kanji kite", "ji tako", "字凧"). The fellow at left wears a heavy blue print kimono over black leggings. He carries a wooden bucket and a lantern. His companion wears an unusual shawl trimmed with flowing fringe, and an umbrella over his shoulder. From left, the actors are Bandô Hikosaburô IV (四代目坂東彦三郎) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV (四代目市川小団次).


Series - ~


Artist - see Biography


Signature -   Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (一勇斎国芳画) lower right in yellowish ("Ichiyûsai") and reddish ("Kuniyoshi ga") cassettes with red kiri seal


Publisher - Kaga-ya Kichiemon (加賀屋吉右衛門),  Aosei-dō Publisher's (青盛堂)


Image Size - 36.5 X  24.8cm   (14 3/8" x 9 3/4")


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