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triptych print
Object Type
triptych print
Museum number
1908,0718,0.53
Description
Colour woodblock print, left sheet of triptych (with right and centre sheets 1908,0718,0.42-43). The kabuki actor Bando Shuka I as Ohamaya no Otama in the play 'Shimekazari otakara Soga' performed at the Ichimura-za in the second month, 1840.
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III)
Cultures/periods
Tenpo Era
Production date
1840
Production place
Made in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
Associated names
Representation of:
Bando Shuka I (初代坂東しうか)
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Shimekazari otakara Soga
(kabuki play)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Hickman Bacon
Acquisition date
1908
Department
Asia
Registration number
1908,0718,0.53