triptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 2003,0123,0.1.1-3
Description: Colour woodblock print, triptych. Osaka kabuki actors in an imaginary performance 'Tamamo no mae asahi no tamoto'. Right sheet: Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Gen-o Washo, Nakamura Utaemon III as Miuranosuke Yoshiaki; centre sheet: Arashi Koroku IV as Tamamo no mae; left sheet: Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Kazusanosuke Hirotsune, Arashi Kitsusaburo I as Abe no Yasunari. Inscribed, signed, publisher's mark.
Producer name: Print artist: Shunkosai Hokushu (春好斎北洲); Published by: Hon'ya Seishichi (本屋清七)
School/style: Ukiyo-e School; Osaka School
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1821 (ninth month, about)
Production place: Made in: Osaka-shi
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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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: Portrait of: Kataoka Nizaemon VII (七代目片岡仁左衛門); Representation of: Gen-o Washo 玄翁和尚; Portrait of: Nakamura Utaemon III 三代目中村歌右衛門; Representation of: Miura Yoshiaki 三浦義明; Portrait of: Arashi Koroku IV 四代目嵐小六; Representation of: Tamamo no mae 玉藻の前; Portrait of: Ichikawa Ebijuro I 初代市川鰕十郎; Representation of: Kazusa-no-suke Hirotsune 上総助廣常; Portrait of: Arashi Kichisaburo II 二代目嵐吉三郎; Representation of: Abe no Yasunari 安信の康成
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Funder name
Acquisition date: 2003
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2003,0123,0.1.1-3
Conservation: Treatment: 28 Feb 2005; Treatment: 05 Jan 2005

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