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Object Type
print
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
Edo Period
Production date
1851
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
18.30 centimetres
Width:
24.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
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
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Koimoyou furisode myoto 恋模様振袖妹背
Acquisition name
Donated by:
American Friends of the British Museum
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Prof Arthur R Miller
Acquisition date
2008
Department
Asia
Registration number
2008,3037.21326
Additional IDs
Previous owner/ex-collection number:
21326
(Miller Collection number)