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diptych print
Object Type
diptych print
Museum number
1906,1220,0.1118
Description
Woodblock print, diptych. Kabuki. Actor Nakamura Utaemon as Tabakoya Sankichi with Ichikawa Ebijuro as Saito Kuranosuke afraid of apparition of giant snake.
Producer name
Print artist:
Shunkosai Hokushu (春好斎北洲)
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(4)
Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 3 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan
(110)
Gerstle 2005 / Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830
(222)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 'Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830' British Museum, 8th Aug-15th Sep 2005 Osaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 25th Oct-23rd Nov 2005 Waseda Daigaku Tsubouchi-Hakushi Kinen Engeki Hakubutsukan, 27th Dec 2005-23rd Jan 2006
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
reptile
Associated names
Portrait of:
Nakamura Utaemon (中村歌右衛門)
Representation of:
Tabakoya Sankichi
Portrait of:
Ichikawa Ebijuro I 初代市川鰕十郎
Representation of:
Saito Kuranosuke
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date
1906
Department
Asia
Registration number
1906,1220,0.1118
Conservation
Treatment
: 12 Jan 2003