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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.154
Title: Object: Itako-bushi
Description: Colour woodblock print, hosoban. The Kabuki actors Kano Minshi I as the lady Kagetsu-in (right) and Arashi Kichisaburo II as the samurai Aoyagi Danjo (left).
Producer name: Print artist: Shunkosai Hokushu 春好斎北洲; Published by: Shioya Chobei 塩屋長兵衛
School/style: Ukiyo-e School; Osaka School
Cultures/periods: Bunka Era
Production date: 1809 (first month)
Production place: Published in: Osaka-shi
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 32.10 centimetres; Width: 14.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Gerstle 2005 / Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830 (111)
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: kabuki; actor/actress
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Arashi Koroku IV 四代目嵐小六 (as Kano Minshi I); Associated with: Kagetsuin; Named in inscription & portrayed: Arashi Kichisaburo II 二代目嵐吉三郎; Associated with: Aoyanagi Danjo
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Arthur Morrison
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1906,1220,0.154
Conservation: Treatment: 31 Jan 2005

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