Old Bridge and Castle of Lourdes, Hidari Jingorō, 1847

Colour woodblock print, oban triptych. The kabuki actors (from left) nakamura utaemon iv as the sculptor hidari jingoro, onoe baiko iv as the life-size doll of a courtesan (‘oyama ningyo’) emerging from a large wooden box, and arashi koroku v as jingoro’s wife otsuya, in the dance ‘shiki no hina asakusa hakkei’ (時翫雛浅草八景), (alternate reading ‘toki no hina asakusa hakkei’ , commonly called ‘kyo ningyo’) (京人形), by sakurada jisuke iii; performed at the kawarasaki-za in the 4th month of 1847 (koka 4). Date: 1847. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Nakamura Utaemon IV. Collection: British Museum. Sono mukashi Hidari Jingoro ga meiyo no fukugoto 其昔左甚五郎が名誉の旧事 (BM 1902,0606,0.119 1)