diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 1926,0210,0.3
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors Sawamura Gennosuke I as Tomoenojo (right sheet), seated, holding a letter scroll, and Segawa Michinosuke I as the ghost of the courtesan Oshu (Keisei Oshu no yukon), in the dance 'Sono omokage Asamagatake', (lyrics by Masuyama Kinpachi I); performed at the Ichimura-za in the 7th month of 1804.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunihisa 歌川国久; Published by: Tsuruya Kinsuke (鶴屋金助)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1804
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Representation of: Sawamura Sojuro IV (四代目澤村宗十郎); Representation of: Segawa Michinosuke (初代瀬川路之助); Representation of: Keisei Ōshū (傾城奥州); Representation of: Tomoenojō (巴の丞); Associated with: Masuyama Kinpachi I (初代増山金八)
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1926
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1926,0210,0.3

Free entry