80/5185 Kunisada (1786-1865). Yobaiboshi no sei (The actor Kodanji Ichikawa as the Night-crawling star). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni ga, publisher Ebisuya Shôshichi, block cutter Yokokawa Takejirô, date seal 9th month, 1859.

- Sl. browned; outer margins laid down under passepartout.

= Central part of the triptych with actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Weaver, on the right, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Night-crawling Star (centre), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Cowherd on the left. Part of the play Jitsugetsusei Chûya no Oriwake.