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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1992,1217,0.10
Title
Object:
Yotsuya kaidan
Description
Colour woodblock print. Double half-length portrait of the Kabuki actors Bando Tamasaburo V as Oiwa and Nakamura Tokizo V as her sister Osode in the ghost play 'Yotsuya Kaidan'. Inscribed, sealed.
Producer name
Print artist:
Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光渓)
Cultures/periods
Showa Era
Production date
June 1983
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
39.50 centimetres
Width:
25 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2006 Oct 13-2007 Feb 11, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
Associated names
Representation of:
Bando Tamasaburo V 五世坂東玉三郎
Representation of:
Nakamura Tokizo V 五代目中村時蔵
Representation of:
Oiwa お岩
(role)
Representation of:
Osode
(role)
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Yotsuya kaidan
(kabuki play)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光渓)
Acquisition date
1992
Department
Asia
Registration number
1992,1217,0.10