Comment - Unusual tryptych of several kabuki actors on different kites. For the kites and the actors, please refer to the following table:

panel	kite	kite type	Kite Remarks	actor	remark (kabuki rôle)
right	1	Edo kite	the Edo Kites on this woodblock print are mostly 'Edo Kaku' Kites	Ichikawa Kodanji IV (四代目市川小団次)	as Wada Yoshimori (和田義盛)
	2	Fukushima kite	Coat-of-Arms Kite (Monshō-tako), also Fukushima Kite (福島凧 or Sword kite (Ken tako, 剣凧); five angled kite, bridled like a small Edo Kite.	Bandô Hikosaburô V (五代目坂東彦三郎)	as Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗)
	2			Iwai Kumesaburô III (三代目]岩井粂三郎)	as Wada Minazuru (和田舞鶴)
	3	Edo kite	'Edo Kaku', upper part with Japanese characters; lower part with several crests	none
	4	Takamatsu Kite	resembles a Takamatsu Tako ( 高松凧) or Fukusuke kite (Fukusuke tako, 福助凧)	Ichikawa Danzô VI (六代目市川団蔵)	as Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
center	5	Fan kite	unidentified crest	none
	6	Edo kite	'Edo Kaku'; contains KUNISADA's Otoshidama (center left of the kite)	Iwai Kumetarô III (三代目岩井粂三郎) lower, with sword)	as Ôiso no Tora (大磯ノ虎)
	6			Ichikawa Ichizô III (三代目市川市蔵) (upper with headgear)	as Soga Sukenari (曽我祐成)
	7		resembles a Takamatsu Tako ( 高松凧) or Fukusuke kite (Fukusuke tako, 福助凧); several feather fletchings from lower part of arrow	Nakamura Tsuruzô I (初代中村鶴蔵)	as Kajiwara Kagesue (梶原景季)
	8	Edo kite	'Edo Kaku'	Ichikawa Kodanji IV 四代目市川小団次)	as Gorômaru (五郎丸)
	8			unidentified actor	as Minamoto no Yoritomo (源ノ頼朝)
left	9	Edo kite	'Edo Kaku'	Nakamura Kamenojô I (初代中村歌女之丞) ,	as Tegoshi no Shôshô (手越少々)
	9			unidentified actor (kneeling)	as a Kamakura Daimyô (鎌倉大名)
	10	Yokosuka kite	the frame is a Yokosuka kite (yokosuka, 横須賀 Yokosuka); the kite also resembles a Shitadashisanbasō tako (舌出し三番叟凧) without the tongue	Nakamura Fukusuke I (初代中村福助)	as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
	11	Yakko kite	Yakko, Yakko tako (奴, 奴凧)	Ichikawa Kuzô III (三代目市川九蔵)	as Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)

The order of sheets is uncertain. The small upper rim depicts the sky, an has has a light bokashi shading.


Series - ~


Artist - see Biography


Signature - "Kunisada ga" ("国貞画"), in  yellow otoshidama cartouche (right panel, lower right) and red otoshidama (center panel on kite no. 6),
                    and "Baichôrô Kunisada ga" ("梅蝶楼" "国貞画"), in two overlapping otoshidama cartouches on left panel lower left


Publisher - Tsutaya Kichizô (蔦吉), (Kôeidô publisher's, 紅栄堂) on all three panels; oviform white censor's seals (aratame, 改印): snake 11 ( miyazaki, 巳十一) on all panels,
                   and circular year's seals on all panels


Image Size - 35.5 × 25 cm (14" × 9" 13/16) each panel


Condition - three single sheets (typtych); nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); all vertical ôban (ôban tate-e);