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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1983,0523,0.1.19
Description: Colour woodblock print from an album of 104 sheets. The actors Arashi Kitsusaburo II as Satomi Isuke (right) and Fujikawa Tomokichi II as the cooper's daughter O-Sen (left), in the play "Mesiaku Kiriko no Akebone", performed in Kyoto in the seventh month, 1826. Signed.
Producer name: Print artist: Gigado Ashiyuki 戯画堂芦幸; Published by: Hon'ya Seishichi 本屋清七
Production date: 1826
Production place: Published in: Osaka-shi
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 370 millimetres; Width: 258 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 3 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan (116); Gerstle 2005 / Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830 (253)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 'Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830' British Museum, 30th Jun-8th Aug 2005 Osaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 1st-25th Oct 2005 Waseda Daigaku Tsubouchi-Hakushi Kinen Engeki Hakubutsukan, 1st-27th Dec 2005
Subjects: kabuki; actor/actress
Associated names: Representation of: Arashi Rikan II 二代目嵐璃寛; Representation of: Fujikawa Tomokichi II 二代目藤川友吉; Representation of: Satomi Isuke; Representation of: O-Sen
Associated places: Associated with: Kyoto-shi
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Robert G Sawers
Acquisition date: 1983
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1983,0523,0.1.19
Additional IDs: Other BM number: Album.75
Conservation: Treatment: 18 Sep 1998

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