Japanese Print "polyptych print" by Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist:Utagawa Toyokuni I
Title:polyptych print
Date:1808-1812 (circa)
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Source:British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Lord Sugawara Michizane (‘Sugawara Michizane-ko’), seated at the entrance to a cave with a scroll laid out in front of him and holding a Buddhist 'tokko' in one hand, and Iwai Matsunosuke I as his son Kan Shusai; in a play relating to ‘Sugawara denju tenarai kagami’.