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Object Type
Museum number: 1926,0217,0.15
Title: Object: Chushingura shodan no zu (Chushingura, Act One)
Description: Woodblock print. The kabuki actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as Kaoyo with ambassador Nawayoshi.
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Production date: 1781-1813 (floruit)
Production place: Made in: Japan
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Dimensions: Height: 32.20 centimetres; Width: 22.90 centimetres
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Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2011 Apr-May, Tokyo National Museum, 'Toshusai Sharaku-His Art and Age'
Subjects: kabuki; ambassador
Associated names: Representation of: Nakayama Tomisaburo I 初代中山富三郎; Associated with: Lady Kaoyo (顔世) (role); Associated with: Nawayoshi (role)
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Acquisition date: 1926
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1926,0217,0.15
Conservation: Treatment: 21 Jan 2011; Treatment: 21 Jan 2011

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