Nun Seigen and ferryboat, Seven calligraphic models for each character in the kana syllabary (series title on object), The nun Seigen in worn clothes, and in the background a ferryman transporting a black clothes chest on his ferry across the Sumida River. Scene from a kabuki play. The role of the Seigen is played by actor Iwai Kumesaburô III and the role of the ferryman by Ichikawa Kôdanji IV. Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the third month of 1853., print maker: Utagawa Kunisada (I), publisher: Daikokuya Kinjirô, Japan, 1856, paper, color woodcut, height 345 mm × width 230 mm

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