Japanese Print "Ichimura Uzaemon as Shoki 市村羽左衛門の鐘馗 / Junitsuki no uchi 十二月之内 (The Twelve Months) / Satsuki 皐月 (The Fifth Month)" by Utagawa Kunisada
Artist:Utagawa Kunisada
Title:Ichimura Uzaemon as Shoki 市村羽左衛門の鐘馗 / Junitsuki no uchi 十二月之内 (The Twelve Months) / Satsuki 皐月 (The Fifth Month)
Date:1840
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Source:British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print, right sheet of an oban diptych. The kabuki actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shoki, the Demon Queller, illustrating the 5th month (‘satsuki’) (皐月), from a hengemono dance featuring the twelve months called ‘Hana kyodai nenju gyoji’ (花きょうだい十二月所作); performed at the Ichimura-za in the 3rd month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).