triptych print
- Museum number
- 2008,3037.19412
- Description
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Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Scene from the kabuki play 'Sukeroku kuruwa no hanamidoki' (Sukeroku's Cherry-Blossom Viewing Time in Yoshiwara). Left: the courtesan Agemaki (Banto Shuka I), yarite Matsu (?) and Shinbei (?). Centre: Hanakawado Sukeroku (Ichikawa Danjuro VIII) holding a pipe between his toes, the courtesan Shiratama (Ichikawa Shinsha) and Fukuyama Inosuke (?). Right: Ikkyu (Ichikawa Kodanji IV) seated, Asagao Senbei (Ichikawa Hirogoro I) and Kanpera Monbei (Nakayama Ichizo I) holding robes (right). Performed at Nakamura-za Theatre, third month, 1850.
- Production date
- 1850
- Dimensions
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Height: 37.50 centimetres (c)
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Height: 37.60 centimetres (l)
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Height: 37.30 centimetres (r)
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Width: 25.30 centimetres (c)
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Width: 25.60 centimetres (l)
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Width: 25.50 centimetres (r)
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2013 Jan - Apr, BM, Japanese Gallery, 'Japan: Prehistory to the Present'
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Sukeroku kuruwa no hanamidoki
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2008,3037.19412
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 19412 (Miller Collection number)
