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Museum number: 2008,3037.09614
Title: Object: Momonoi Wakasa no kami, Mikunikojoro, Tamaya Shinbei　桃井若狭之守、三国小女郎、玉屋新兵衛; Series: Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi 江都錦今様国尽 (Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade)
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban tate-e. Top: Wakasa Province: Lady Kaoyo watching Moronoo ascend the steps of the Hachiman Shrine. Bottom: Echizen Province: the actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as the courtesan Mikunikojoro, with multiple hairpins in her hair, and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Tamaya Shinbei.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Mitaya Kihachi(三田屋喜八)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1852 (?)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 36.30 centimetres; Width: 25.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See:- Robinson 1961, no. 171, no. 15
Location: Not on display
Subjects: warrior; kabuki; actor/actress
Associated names: Representation of: Lady Kaoyo (顔世); Representation of: Ko no Moronao (高師直); Representation of: Iwai Hanshiro VIII 八代目岩井半四郎; Representation of: Mikuni Kojoro (三国小女郎); Representation of: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII 八代目市川団十郎; Representation of: Tamaya Shinbei (玉屋新兵衛)
Associated places: Associated with: Wakasa; Associated with: Echizen; Associated with: Hachiman Shrine; Associated with: Tokyo-to
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.09614
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 09614 (Miller Collection number)

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