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Object Type
Museum number: 2008,3037.21513
Description: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as the villain Kamiya Iemon and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kobotoke Kohei (flap down) and Oiwa, the murdered wife of Iemon (flap up), in the celebrated ghost play (Yotsuya no kikigaki), produced at the Ichimura theatre in the ninth month of Kaei 1 (1848).
Producer name
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1848
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 34.90 centimetres; Width: 25.40 centimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII 八代目市川団十郎; Associated with: Tamiya Iemon 民谷伊左衛門; Representation of: Ichikawa Kodanji IV 四代目市川小団次; Associated with: Oiwa お岩
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.21513
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 21513 (Miller Collection number)

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