Focus on this artwork and discuss the Related works.
This print is Hokusei's contribution to a triptych produced by three different artists and published by Honsei soon after the 1827 performance. Although all three are the work of different artists they are stylistically cohesive and incorporate the same seamlessly matched background scene.
The placement of the actor/ character name cartouche near the left upper edge, indicates that this image is the left-most and third in the series. The two other images are Nakamura Utaemon III as Ōuchi Saemon Hidemaru by Shunshosai Hokuchō (centre), and Seki Sanjūrō II as Ishizuka Jinzaburō by Shunyōsai Shunshi (right).
Shunshosai Hokuchō Nakamura Utaemon III