diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 2008,3037.18240
Description: Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. The actor Onoe Kikugoro IV as Hanazono (right), the wife of Umeto, who is on her knees pleading with Nakamura Utaemon IV as Saito Tarozaemon in court robes and cap holding a lantern (left). Scene from the kabuki play 'Oto-no-miya asai no yoroi', performed at the Kawarasaki theatre in the seventh month of Koka 4 (1847).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Ibaya Senzaburo (伊場屋仙三郎)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1847 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 35.80 centimetres (l); Height: 35.80 centimetres (r); Width: 25.40 centimetres (l); Width: 24.70 centimetres (r)
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: warrior; kabuki; actor/actress
Associated places: Associated with: Kawarasaki-za
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.18240
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 18240 (Miller Collection number)

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