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Object Type
Museum number: 2008,3037.12201
Title: Series: Denka chaya adauchi 殿下茶屋仇討 (Vengeance at Denka Tea House)
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban yoko-e. From left to right: the kabuki actors Ichikawa Kodanji as Adachi Yasuke being held back by Arashi Rikan as Hayase Iori; Ichikawa Kodanji as Toma Saburoemon (wearing helmet); Otani Tomoemon as Adachi Motoemon being beaten by Hayase Genjiro, played by Bando Takesaburo; all are watched by Bando Shuka as Somenoi, the wife of Iori. From the play Kaikei tenga-jaya mura, performed at the Kawarasaki Theatre in fifth month, 1854.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Yamamotoya Heikichi (山本屋平吉)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1854 (6th month)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 25.80 centimetres; Width: 36.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; warrior
Associated names: Representation of: Ichikawa Kodanji IV (四代目市川小団次); Associated with: Adachi Yasuke; Representation of: Arashi Rikan III 三代目嵐璃寛; Associated with: Hayase Iori; Associated with: Toma Saburoemon; Representation of: Otani Tomoemon IV 四代目大谷友右衛門; Associated with: Adachi Motoemon; Representation of: Bando Hikosaburo V (五代目坂東彦三郎); Associated with: Hayase Genjiro; Representation of: Bando Shuka I (初代坂東しうか); Associated with: Somenoi
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.12201
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 12201 (Miller Collection number)

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