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Object Type
Museum number: 2008,3037.21326
Title: Object: Yaoya musume Oshichi, Dozaemon Denkichi　八百屋娘お七、土左衛門伝吉
Description: Colour woodblock print, chuban yoko-e. Bando Shuka I as the greengrocer's daughter Oshichi and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Dozaemon Denkichi in the play 'Koimoyou furisode myoto' (恋模様振袖妹背) performed at the Ichimura theatre, Edo in the 5th month, Kaei 4 (1851).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Joshuya Kinzo (上州屋金蔵)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1851
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 18.30 centimetres; Width: 24.20 centimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; kosode/furisode
Associated names: Portrait of: Bando Shuka I (初代坂東しうか); Portrait of: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII (八代目市川団十郎); Representation of: Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七); Representation of: Dozaemon Denkichi (土左衛門伝吉)
Associated places: Associated with: Ichimura-za
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.21326
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 21326 (Miller Collection number)

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