diptych print

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Object Type: diptych print
Museum number: 2018,3021.125.1-2
Description: Diptych print, colour woodblock. The kabuki actors Onoe Baiko III as the ghost of Kasane, ‘Kasane no shiryo’ (right), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shiozawa Tanzaburo (left), in the play ‘Kuruwa kuruwa Date no oyose’ (曲輪来伊達大寄) by Mimasuya Nisoji and others; performed at the Ichimura-za in the 2nd month of 1836. (Tenpo 7).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III); Published by: Kagaya Kichiemon 加賀屋吉右衛門
School/style: Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods: Tenpo Era
Production date: 1836
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 38.60 centimetres (left); Height: 38.10 centimetres (right); Width: 25.80 centimetres (left); Width: 25.90 centimetres (right)
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: kabuki
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Onoe Kikugoro III 三代目尾上菊五郎; Named in inscription & portrayed: Ichimura Takenojo V 五代目市村竹之丞; Associated with: Mimasuya Nisoji 三升屋二三治 (playwright)
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Acquisition name: Donated by: Dr Ellis Tinios
Acquisition date: 2018
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2018,3021.125.1-2

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