diptych

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Object Type
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.1066
Title: Series: Rokkasen sugata no irodori (The Six Poet Immortals in Colourful Guises)
Description: Colour woodblock print, right sheet of an oban diptych. The kabuki actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as Ono no Komachi, standing with a large ‘hiogi’ fan and dressed in the multi-layered court costume ‘juni hitoe’, in the section ‘Narihira’ (業平) from the five-part ‘hengemono’ dance ‘Rokkasen sugata no irodori’, (六歌仙容彩) (originally read ‘Uta awase sugata no irodori’), with lyrics by Matsumoto Koji and music by Kineya Rokuzaemon X and Kiyomoto Saibei; performed at the Nakamura-za from the 3rd month of 1831 (Tenpo 2).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864); Published by: Kawaguchiya Shozo (川口屋正蔵)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1831
Production place: Made in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 37.80 centimetres; Width: 25.80 centimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: author/poet; actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Associated with: Iwai Hanshiro VI 六代目岩井半四郎; Representation of: Ono no Komachi (小野小町); Associated with: Six Immortal Poets; Associated with: Matsumoto Koji (松本幸二); Associated with: Kineya Rokuzaemon X (十代目杵屋六左衛門); Associated with: Kiyomoto Saibei (清元斎兵衛)
Associated places: Associated with: Nakamura-za 中村座
Associated titles: Associated Title: Rokkasen sugata no Irodori (六歌仙容彩) (dance); Associated Title: Uta awase sugata no irodori (六歌仙容彩) (alternate reading); Associated Title: Narihira (業平) (dance section)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1906
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1906,1220,0.1066

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