Shunkosai Hokushu: triptych print - British Museum

Artist: Shunkosai Hokushu

Title: triptych print

Date: 1821 (ninth month, about)

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Colour woodblock print. Triptych. Osaka kabuki actors in an imaginary performance 'Tamamo no mae asahi no tamoto'. Right sheet: Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Gen-o Washo, Nakamura Utaemon III as Miuranosuke Yoshiaki. Centre sheet: Arashi Koroku IV as Tamamo no mae. Left sheet: Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Kazusanosuke Hirotsune, Arashi Kitsusaburo I as Abe no Yasunari. Inscribed, signed, publisher's mark.

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