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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
2004,0701,0.1
Description
Print. Colour woodblock print. The actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Ariwara no Narihira. Signed.
Producer name
Print artist:
Ryukosai Jokei 流光斎如圭
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Osaka School
Cultures/periods
Edo Period
Kansei Era
Production date
1791
(twelfth month)
Production place
Made in:
Osaka-shi
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
31.60 centimetres
Width:
14.80 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Gerstle 2005 / Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830
(22)
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
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Yoshizawa Iroha I 初代芳沢いろは
(actor)
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平
(role)
Associated places
Associated with:
Kado no shibai
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Hana kurabe Ise monogatari
(play)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Israel Goldman
Acquisition date
2004
Department
Asia
Registration number
2004,0701,0.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 10 May 2005
Treatment
: 28 Apr 2005