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diptych print
Object Type
diptych print
Museum number
1915,0823,0.639.1-2
Description
Diptych woodblock print from an album of 58 sheets. Actors Hanshiro and Danjuro.
Producer name
Print artist:
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章
Production date
1726-1792
(artist)
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
Associated names
Representation of:
Iwai Hanshiro IV (四代目岩井半四郎)
Representation of:
Ichikawa Danjuro I (市川 團十郎)
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1915
Acquisition notes
Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department
Asia
Registration number
1915,0823,0.639.1-2
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
Album.31
Conservation
Treatment
: 13 Oct 1997