diptych print

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Museum number: 2008,3037.18223
Description: Colour woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actors (l-r) Iwai Shijaku as Hara Goemon, Ichimura Takenojo (Uzaemon XII) as Oboshi Yuranosuke, Arashi Kichisaburo as Enya Hangan Takasada, performing seppuku, Otani Tomoemon as Ono Kudayu, and Ichikawa Kuzo and Nakayama Bungoro as the two commissioners Ishido Umanojo and Yamana Jirozaemon. From the play 'Kanadehon Chushingura', performed at the Ichimura theatre in the second month, Kaei 4 (1851).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Enshuya Hikobei 遠州屋彦兵衛
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: 23.90 centimetres (l); Width: 24 centimetres (r)
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; suicide; warrior
Associated names: Representation of: Iwai Hanshiro VIII 八代目岩井半四郎; Representation of: Ichimura Takenojo V 五代目市村竹之丞; Associated with: Ōboshi Yuranosuke 大星由良之助; Representation of: Arashi Kichisaburo III 三代目嵐吉三郎; Associated with: Enya Hangan 塩冶判官; Representation of: Otani Tomoemon IV 四代目大谷友右衛門; Associated with: Ono Kudayu 斧九太夫; Representation of: Ichikawa Danzo VI 六代目市川団蔵 (as Ichikawa Kuzo II); Representation of: Nakayama Bungoro II 二代目中山文五郎
Associated places: Associated with: Ichimura-za
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.18223
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 18223 (Miller Collection number)

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