Untitled Japanese Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Untitled Japanese Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 歌川国芳 (Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳))

Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date:1849 (circa)

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Source:British Museum
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Woodblock print, oban yoko-e. Scene from the production of Kanadehon Chushingura at the Nakamura theater in the seventh month of Kaei 2 (1849), showing the actors Iwai Kumesaburo as Oboshi Rikiya and Sawamura Sojuro as Rikiya's father Oboshi Yuranosuke; Oboshi Yuranosuke holding a knife in front of a crowd.

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