Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Scene from the play "Ozome Hisamatsu ukina no yomiuri" 於染久松色読販 - Japan - 1874 (Meiji 7) This Ukiyo-e is made by Toyohara Kunichika in meiji 6 period 1873. Toyohara kunichika is named Toyohara Kunichika Hitsu(豊原国周筆) in his signature. Ogami Kikugorou 尾上菊五郎 playing the role of “Otowa Baika”音羽梅華 Nakamura Shigan 中村芝翫 playing the role of Outaka Bungo　大高文吾 Kuronbou 黒んぼう playing the role of"Kichiroku”喜知六 Kichiroku 喜知六 playing the role of “Kuronbo”黒んぼ Nakamura Shigan 中村芝翫 playing the role of 人形師駒吉(Puppeteer Komakichi) Osome Hisamatsu Color Yomiuri is a Kabuki based on an actual suicide case. On January 6, 1710 (Hoei 7), dyeing the daughter of an oil shop and his servant Hisamatsu committed suicide. See Waseda University: https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/detail.html?arg={%22subDB_id%22:%2252%22,%22id%22:%22171832;1%22}&lang=en Toyohara Kunichika(memo) Toyohara Kunichika was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of ukiyo-e actor-prints, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time.