Utagawa Kuniyoshi: triptych print - British Museum

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title: triptych print

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Source: British Museum
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Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Scene from the kabuki play 'Aoto banashi', with the actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Karaki Shinsuke (left), being held back by Bando Shuka as O-Moto, the wife of Shinsuke (centre), Uzaemon XII as Tomiya Jinbei (right) with his hand on a stone tomb, protecting a figure behind him.

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