The 36 outstanding poems - Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

''The 36 outstanding poems" - 

Mitate Sanjuroku ku sen (見立三十六句撰)

A kabuki series from 1856/57 designed together with Gengyo Miyagi from whom are the stillifes in the upper quarter of the print. 

Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V  as Hachirô Tametomo and Iwai Kumesaburô III  as Sasarae

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)

signature: Utagawa Toyokuni ga, Gengyo

size: oban   36 x24 cm
censor seal: aratame
date: 11/1856
publisher: Iseya Kanekichi