ARASHI RIKAN V

The actors Arashi Wasaburô III and Iwai Shijaku IV playing the roles of Hanawaka and Shiragiku in the matsubamemono "Mochizuki", which was staged in June 1882 at the Saruwakaza (print made by Morikawa Chikashige)

This print is the right component of a triptych (the left and central prints are also available)

The actors Arashi Rikan IV and Arashi Wasaburô III playing the roles of a puppeteer and the courtesan Umegae - Wasaburô is playing the role in the puppet style and is "handled" by Rikan - in the "Kanzaki Ageya" scene of the classic "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in May 1883 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

This print is the left component of a diptych (the right print is also available)