Fabrics Dyed to Order

(Gochûmon oatsurae some, 御註文御誂染)

Publisher: Ogawa (or Kokawa) Hansuke

1846

This series of kabuki actor prints is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Actor as the barefoot O-Shiki wearing an elaborately dyed robe, biting a handkerchief and holding a tablet inscribed with the characters for “pine, bamboo, and plum”
	Actor as Kichizô (吉三)
	Actor Bandô Shûka I as Kuzunohahime in Kuzu no ha

“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

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