diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 2018,3021.204.1-2
Description: Diptych print, colour woodblock. The kabuki actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Yaegushi no Saizo (right), and Iwai Kumesaburo III as Shirokiya Okoma (left), in the play ‘Nushi to musubi musume hyobanki’, or ‘Myoto musubi musume hyobanki’, or ‘Meo to musubi musume hyobanki’, or ‘Koitsumaobi musume hyobanki’ (恋夫帯娘評判記) by Sakurada Jisuke III; performed at the Nakamura-za in the 4th month of 1858 (Ansei 5).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III); Published by: Otaya Takichi (太田屋多吉)
School/style
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1858 (fourth month)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 35.90 centimetres (left); Height: 36 centimetres (right); Width: 24.30 centimetres (left); Width: 24.70 centimetres (right)
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Nakamura Shikan IV 四代目中村芝翫; Representation of: Yaegushi no Saizo 八重櫛ノ才三; Named in inscription & portrayed: Iwai Hanshiro VIII 八代目岩井半四郎; Representation of: Shirokiya Okoma (城き屋お駒); Associated with: Sakurada Jisuke III (三代目桜田治助) (playwright)
Associated places: Associated with: Nakamura-za 中村座
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2018
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2018,3021.204.1-2

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