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- Museum number
- 2018,3035.2
- Title
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Object: Katsumi anee Ochiyo 勝見あねへお千代
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Series: Meiyo jinsei roku 名誉仁政録
- Description
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Colour woodblock print. The right-hand sheet of a diptych. Half-length portrait of the kabuki actor Bando Shuka I as Katsumi ane’e Ochiyo, depicted in front of the famous pine tree named ‘Ogyo no matsu’, in the play ‘Meiyo jinsei roku’ performed at the Ichimura-za in the 7th month of 1852 (Kaei 5). (For the left-hand sheet of this diptych, see 2018,3035.1)
- Production date
- 1852 (seventh month)
- Dimensions
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Height: 38 centimetres
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Width: 26.40 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- 'Meiyo jinsei roku' was performed at the Ichimura Theatre in Edo, 7th month 1852, a dramatized version of Ao to Fujitsuna moryô an (1811-12)—a serialized novel by Kyokutei Bakin, telling a mystery story based on public lawsuits in Japan and China—combined with stories about the verdicts of magistrate Ôka Tadasuke (1677-1752), appointed by Yoshimune and known for his fairness and impartiality.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Meiyo jinsei roku
- Acquisition date
- 2018
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2018,3035.2
