triptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 1908,0718,0.58.1-3
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban triptych. The kabuki actors (right to left) Iwai Shijaku I as Kewaizaka no Shosho, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kudo Suketsune and Bando Shuka I as Oiso no Tora, in the play 'Shimekazari otakara Soga' (or 'Shichigosan kazari Soga') by Sakurada Jisuke III; performed at the Ichimura-za in the 2nd month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III); Published by: Yamaguchiya Tobei (山口屋藤兵衛)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1840
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Iwai Hanshiro VII (七代目岩井半四郎); Associated with: Nakamura Utaemon IV 四代目中村歌右衛門; Associated with: Bando Shuka I (初代坂東しうか); Associated with: Kudo Suketsune (工藤祐経); Associated with: Tora no Gozen (虎御前); Associated with: Kewaizaka no Shosho (粧坂の少将)
Associated places: Associated with: Ichimura-za
Associated titles: Associated Title: Shimekazari otakara Soga (七五三翫宝曽我) (play); Associated Title: Shichigosan kazari Soga (七五三翫宝曽我) (alternate reading)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1908
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1908,0718,0.58.1-3

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