Utagawa Kunisada: diptych print - British Museum

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada

Title: diptych print

Date: 1820

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Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII (right sheet) as Matsuwakamaru and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Kume no Heinai with a sheathed sword in the play ‘Sumidagawa hana no goshozome’ by Tsuruya Nanboku IV performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 3rd month of 1820.

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