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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1907,0531,0.70
Description
Woodblock print, keyblock. Kabuki, Dance. Scene from Joruri play, Mimasu Tokujiro as courtesan with Matsumoto Koshiro playing the samisen, with reciters behind.
Producer name
Print artist:
Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長
Production date
1752-1815
(artist)
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
(33)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
kabuki
music
dance
courtesan/prostitute
musical instrument
Associated names
Associated with:
Mimasu Tokujiro I 初代三枡徳次郎
Associated with:
Matsumoto Koshiro IX (九代目松本幸四郎)
Associated events
Associated Event:
Joruri
(drama)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Hickman Bacon
Acquisition date
1907
Department
Asia
Registration number
1907,0531,0.70