UKIYO-E - The print is currently being professionally removed from the frame and will be online soon!

This print comes from a private collection and has been professionally framed. I will leave the frame around it for now to prevent damage. However, the print is sent without a frame.

Original Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Shinmon versus Koganai, 1894

Description:
Scene from a Kabuki play entitled Shinmon versus Kogamai performed at the Ichimura Theater in Tokyo in 1894. Two firefighters, Koganai Kōjirō (shown right), played by actor Onoe Kikugorō V, and Shinmon Tatsugorō, played by Nakamura Shikan IV, are extinguishing a blazing fire with buckets and ladders. Tatsugorō was the head of the Ogumi Fire Department and one of the last otokadate.

The play is inspired by the true story of two convicted murderers who saved the lives of many prisoners on New Year's Day 1846 when a huge fire spread across Edo and reached the prison in Ishikawashima.

Specifications:
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Sculptor: Watanabe Tsunejirō

Triptych published by Fukuda Kumajirō and Gusokuya Kahei in 1894.
Title: The Keiō Era Suikoden (Keiō Suikoden).
The Keiō era corresponds to the period 1865-1867.

Condition of the print: Excellent