diptych print

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Object Type: diptych print
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.906-907
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors (right) Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Kudo Saemon Suketsune and Segawa Kikunojo V as Princess Maizuru, daughter of Wada (‘Wada sokujo Maizuruhime’), in the play ‘Mitsu ireko Soga no kaomise’ by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 1st month of Bunsei 9 [1826].
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III); Published by: Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
Cultures/periods: Edo Period; Bunsei Era
Production date: 1826 (Bunsei 9)
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 37.60 centimetres; Width: 25.80 centimetres
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Curator's comments: Mounted with 1915,0823,0.907
Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Associated with: Kataoka Nizaemon VII 七代目片岡仁左衛門; Associated with: Kudo Suketsune 工藤祐経; Associated with: Segawa Kikunojo V 五代目瀬川菊之丞; Associated with: Maizuru-hime 舞鶴姫; Associated with: Tsuruya Nanboku IV 四代目鶴屋南北
Associated places: Associated with: Kawarasaki-za
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Transferred from: British Library
Acquisition date: 23 Aug 1915 (transfer date)
Acquisition notes: Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1915,0823,0.906-907

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