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diptych print
Object Type
diptych print
Museum number
1915,0823,0.361.1-2
Title
Object:
Ichikawa Danjuro as Shirai Gonpachi, Sawamura Tanosuke as Komurasaki 市川団十郎の白井権八、沢村田之助の小紫
Description
Colour woodblock print, oban diptych from an album of 117 sheets. The kabuki actors (from left) Sawamura Tanosuke II as the courtesan Komurasaki, about to play the koto, and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as her lover Shirai Gonpachi, about to play the shakuhachi, in an unstaged (‘mitate’) scene.
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)
Published by:
Yamamoto 山本
Cultures/periods
Edo Period
Production date
1813-1816
(signature)
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Sawamura Tanosuke II 二代目沢村田之助
Associated with:
Ichikawa Danjuro VII 七代目市川団十郎
Associated with:
Shirai Gonpachi 白井權八
Associated with:
Komurasaki (小紫 / 濃紫)
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Purchased from:
Prof William Anderson
Acquisition date
23 Aug 1915
(transfer date)
21 Mar 1894
Acquisition notes
Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department
Asia
Registration number
1915,0823,0.361.1-2
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1894,0321
Other BM number:
Album.38
Conservation
Treatment
: 19 Jan 1995
Treatment
: 12 Jun 1996