Japan, Shakuyakutei, Joen, Yanagi no, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Tatsu no miyako sanban tsuzuki, A series of three prints about the Dragon Capitol, Man looks up at woman with dragon crown, A woman wearing a dragon crown and holding a fan stands behind a seated man. The man is the actor Bandô Mitsugorô III (1775-1832) in the role of Urashimatarô, the young fisherman who is taken by the daughter of the Dragon King, played by Segawa Kikunojô V (1802-32) to her father's palace at the bottom of the sea. When Urashimatarô returns to the mainland, hundreds of years have passed. With two poems., print, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 216 mm, width 186 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1820, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet, 1767 - 1845.
Japan, Shakuyakutei, Joen, Yanagi no, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Tatsu no miyako sanban tsuzuki, A series of three prints about the Dragon Capitol, Man looks up at woman with dragon crown, A woman wearing a dragon crown and holding a fan stands behind a seated man. The man is the actor Bandô Mitsugorô III (1775-1832) in the role of Urashimatarô, the young fisherman who is taken by the daughter of the Dragon King, played by Segawa Kikunojô V (1802-32) to her father's palace at the bottom of the sea. When Urashimatarô returns to the mainland, hundreds of years have passed. With two poems., print, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 216 mm, width 186 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1820, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet, 1767 - 1845