diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 1908,0718,0.46-47
Title: Object: Onoe Kikugoro as Omatsuri Sashichi, Onoe Eizaburo as Geisha Koito 尾上菊五郎のおまつり佐七、尾上栄三郎の芸者小糸
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro III (right) as Omatsuri Sashichi next to a standing screen (tsuitate), with bare arms showing tattoos, holding a tobacco pipe (kiseru) and tobacco pouch in one hand and a box with a smoking set in the other, and Onoe Eizaburo III as the geisha Koito seated holding a teacup next to a standing screen (tsuitate), in the play ‘Ume sakuya wakakiba Soga’ (梅咲若木場曽我), by Namiki Gohei III; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 1st month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III); Published by: Wakasaya Yoichi (若狭屋与市)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1840
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 36 centimetres (left); Width: 25.20 centimetres (left)
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; geisha; kabuki; smoking
Associated names: Associated with: Geisha Koito 芸者小糸; Associated with: Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭り佐七); Associated with: Onoe Kikugoro III 三代目尾上菊五郎; Associated with: Onoe Kikugoro IV 四代目尾上菊五郎; Associated with: Namiki Gohei III (三代目並木五瓶)
Associated places: Associated with: Kawarasaki-za
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1908
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1908,0718,0.46-47

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