Two actors, playing as Matsushita Kahiji and Konoshita Tokichi, striking a pose on stage. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.

Selected images from this work

The actors are unnamed: in the inset are gourds hanging on vines, a motif echoed on the costume of one of the actors: it is signed Gengyo

Whole-length figures

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 11, 1856.

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Ichiyōsai Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title Poem in the inset above with gourds on a vine as illustration

Parody of thirty-six selected verses

Wellcome Collection 35847i

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