Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: diptych print
Date: 1847 (circa)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'Genke hachidai'. The kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in a dragon-patterned robe as Akugenda Yoshihira (right), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hasebe Nobutsana (right), both holding swords; Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tada Kurahito Yukitsuna (left) holding an opened yellow and black umbrella, standing over Bando Shuka I, kneeling down as the ghost of Naruto-no-mae (left).
