Utagawa Toyokuni I: - British Museum

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I

Date: 1814

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Source: British Museum
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Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Ko no Moronao, standing in official costume ('daimon') with the courtier's cap ('eboshi'), and holding a court fan in one hand and a poetry slip ('tanzaku') in the other; in Act I, ‘The Prologue’ (‘Daijo’), of ‘Kanadehon Chushingura’ by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu performed at the Nakamura-za in the 4th month of 1814.

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