Actors Ichimura Kamezō as Kyō no Jirō and Segawa Kikunojō II as Midaregami no Osen

Torii Kiyomitsu · 1761

Colour woodblock print of actors Ichimura Kamezō as Kyō no Jirō and Segawa Kikunojō II as Midaregami no Osen by Torii Kiyomitsu, published by Maruya Kohei in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan, in 1761. Hosoban format, benizuri-e print. The scene is taken from the play 'Edo murasaki kongen soga' performed at the Ichimura-za theatre in 1761. Ichimura Kamezō plays the ferryman Kyō no Jirō, and Segawa Kikunojō II plays Midaregami no Osen, shown here at the bank of the Sumida river.