Japanese Print "Momonoi Wakasa no kami, Mikunikojoro, Tamaya Shinbei 桃井若狭之守、三国小女郎、玉屋新兵衛 / Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi 江都錦今様国尽 (Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title:Momonoi Wakasa no kami, Mikunikojoro, Tamaya Shinbei 桃井若狭之守、三国小女郎、玉屋新兵衛 / Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi 江都錦今様国尽 (Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade)
Date:1852 (?)
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Source:British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print, oban tate-e. Top: Wakasa Province: Lady Kaoyo watching Moronoo ascend the steps of the Hachiman Shrine. Bottom: Echizen Province: the actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as the courtesan Mikunikojoro, with multiple hairpins in her hair, and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Tamaya Shinbei.
