diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,0606,0.115
Title: Object: Ichikawa Ebizo as Kanpei, Onoe Kikugoro as Okaru 市川海老蔵の勘平、尾上菊五郎のおかる
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The actors (right) Ichikawa Ebizo V as Kanpei, and Onoe Kikugoro III as Okaru, in Act VI (六段目) of ‘Kanadehon Chushingura’ (仮名手本忠臣蔵) by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 3rd month of 1833 (Tenpo 4).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III); Published by: Kawaguchiya Shozo (川口屋正蔵)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1833
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Associated with: Ichikawa Danjuro VII (七代目市川団十郎); Associated with: Onoe Kikugoro III (三代目尾上菊五郎); Associated with: Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平); Associated with: Okaru (お軽); Associated with: Takeda Izumo II (二代目竹田出雲); Associated with: Miyoshi Shoraku (三好松絡); Associated with: Namiki Senryu (並木千柳)
Associated places: Associated with: Kawarasaki-za
Associated titles: Associated Title: Kanadehon Chushingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵) (play); Associated Title: Act VI (六段目) (act)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1902,0606,0.115

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