diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 2008,3037.18222
Description: Colour woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor Onoe Kikujiro II as Terutehime (left) in a wooden boat, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (right), falling from a tree into the water, as the fisherman Namishichi, and Ichikawa Ichizo III, in the water, as the fisherman Dohachi (right), from the play 'Oguri gaiden', performed at the Nakamura theatre in the fourth month, Kaei 4 (1851).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Ebiya Rinnosuke (海老屋林之助)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1851
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 35.60 centimetres (l); Height: 35.60 centimetres (r); Width: 24 centimetres (l); Width: 23.80 centimetres (r)
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; fisherman/fishing
Associated names: Portrait of: Onoe Kikujiro II (二代目尾上菊次郎）; Portrait of: Ichikawa Kodanji IV (四代目市川小団次); Portrait of: Ichikawa Ichizo III (三代目市川市蔵)
Associated places: Associated with: Nakamura-za 中村座
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.18222
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 18222 (Miller Collection number)

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