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Object Type
Museum number: 2004,0327,0.5
Description: Colour woodblock print. Double half-length portrait of Nakayama Hyakka III (Bunshichi III) as Takamaru Kamejiro and Arashi Kichisaburo II as Tadotsu Ikkaku. Scene from a kabuki play "Keisei sato no funauta", performed in the Kado Theatre in the first month of 1810. Inscribed, signed, publisher's mark.
Producer name: Print artist: Shunkosai Hokushu (春好斎北洲); Published by: Shioya Chobei (塩屋長兵衛)
School/style: Ukiyo-e School; Osaka School
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1810 (first month)
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: Nakayama Hyakka III (Bunshichi III); Representation of: Takamaru Kamejiro; Portrait of: Arashi Kichisaburo II 二代目嵐吉三郎; Representation of: Tadotsu Ikkaku
Associated places: Associated with: Kado no shibai
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Acquisition date: 2004
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2004,0327,0.5
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