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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

当世好男子伝」松　「九紋竜支進に比すのざらし語助」三代目市川市蔵|The Actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Nozarashi Gosuke, likened to Shi Jin the Nine Dragoned (Kyūmonryū Shishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

1854, 7th month)
Right sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
36.2 × 24.8 cm (14.3 × 9.8 in)

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