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Object Type
Museum number: 2008,3037.11906
Title: Series: Kanadehon Chushingura 假名手本忠臣蔵
Description: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actors Matsumoto Kinsho I as Akugenta Yoshihiro and Onoe Kikujiro II in a female role as Osono (wife of the merchant Gihei) kneeling before him, from the 1847 performance of the play ‘Kanadehon Chushingura’ at the Nakamura Theatre in Edo.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Enshuya Matabei 遠州屋又兵衛
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1847
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 36.70 centimetres; Width: 25 centimetres
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Curator's comments: See Robinson 1961, no. 169.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: kabuki; actor/actress; warrior
Associated names: Representation of: Onoe Kikujiro II (二代目尾上菊次郎）; Representation of: Matsumoto Kinsho I 初代松本錦升
Associated places: Associated with: Nakamura-za 中村座
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.11906
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 11906 (Miller Collection number)

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