diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 2003,0822,0.1
Description: Colour woodblock print diptych. The actors Bando Mitsugoro III (with servant, right sheet), Asao Okuzan II and Nakamura Karoku I (left sheet) arriving in Osaka from Edo. Poems by Akatsuki no Kanenari (at the request of Yoshikuni).
Producer name: Print artist: Toyokawa Yoshikuni 豊川芳国; Inscription by: Akatsuki no Kanenari 暁鐘成
School/style: Ukiyo-e School; Osaka School
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1821 (First month)
Production place: Made in: Osaka-shi
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 27.30 centimetres (left sheet); Height: 37.30 centimetres (right sheet); Width: 25.50 centimetres (left sheet); Width: 25.90 centimetres (right sheet)
Bibliographic references
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: Bando Mitsugoro III 三代目坂東三津五郎; Portrait of: Asao Okuzan II; Portrait of: Nakamura Karoku I 初代中村歌六
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 2003
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2003,0822,0.1
Conservation: Treatment: 28 Feb 2005; Treatment: 05 Jan 2005

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