This original Kunisada triptych is signed "Kunisada ga" and the date is 1864 (month unreadable), so the artist is Kunisada II. It shows a scene from a kabuki play, the actors from left are: Nakamura Tsuruzo I, Iwai Shijaku II, Kawarazki Gonjuro I, Ichikawa Shinsa I and Bando Hikosaburo V. Roles unread, play unidendified. The woodblock print is in excellent condition.

A little information about Kunisada - taken from Wikipedia.

Utagawa Kunisada II (歌川国定)(1823-1880) was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker, one of three to take the name "Utagawa Kunisada."

A pupil of Utagawa Kunisada I, he signed much of his early work "Baidō Kunimasa III." He took the name Kunisada after marrying his master's eldest daughter in 1846. He changed his name once more following his master's death, to Toyokuni III. However, since there were three artists called Toyokuni before him, Kunisada II is now often known as Toyokuni IV.

Kunisada II is renowned for his prints. His favourite subjects were pleasure-houses and tea ceremonies. These themes are sometimes found together in some of his prints, as geishas usually acted as chaperones at tea-houses.

Signatures of Kunisada I (left) and Kunisada II (center and right)

Kunisada II usually signed prints either 国貞画 (Kunisada ga, drawn by Kunisada) or 国貞筆 (Kunisada hitsu, from the brush of Kunisada). He did not sign prints “Kunisada II”. His signature may be distinguished from that of Kunisada I in that the sada kanji is straight in the signature of Kunisada I, but angular in the signature of Kunisada II (see figure).