diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.389.25-26
Title: Object: Bando Hikosaburo as Samanosuke; Sawamura Tanosuke as Shirabyoshi; Sawamura Tossho as Sakon 坂東彦三郎の左馬之助、沢村田之助の白拍子、沢村訥升の左近
Description: Colour woodblock diptych print. From an album of 78 prints. The kabuki actor Bando Hikosaburo V in the role of Samanokami, the kabuki actor Sawamura Tanosuke III in the role of Shirabyoshi, the kabuki actore Sawamura Tossho II in the role of Sakon, in the play 'Wakaki no hana shiki no furigoto (壮花四季の所作)' performed at the Nakamura theatre Edo, from the 3rd month, 1862 (Bunkyu 2).
Producer name: Print artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周); Published by: Etsuka (越嘉); Block cut by: Horikoma (彫駒)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1862
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: Bando Hikosaburo V (五代目坂東彦三郎); Associated with: Sawamura Tanosuke III (三代目沢村田之助); Associated with: Sawamura Sojuro VI (六代目澤村宗十郎)
Associated places: Associated with: Nakamura-za 中村座
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1904
Acquisition notes: Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1915,0823,0.389.25-26
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1904,0614; Other BM number: Album.18

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