Ippitsusai Buncho: diptych print - British Museum

Artist: Ippitsusai Buncho

Title: diptych print

Date: 1771 (First month)

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Source: British Museum
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Colour woodblock diptych hosoban print. Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro and Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro: In right sheet, Komazo with simple white make-up and emblem of plovers on robes; in left sheet, Danjuro with red make-up and butterfly pattern on costume; pair posing holding torches, against backdrop of scattered curtains hang in temporary hunting lodges; Mt. Fuji in background. Trimmed. Signed and sealed.

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