Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: triptych print
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'Soga kyodai', with the actors (from right to left): Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Sasano Gonzo standing and holding a spear with a giant centipede at the end of it (Inset: Bando Hikosaburo as Chokuro); Bando Hikosaburo as Nisuke with the spear over his right shoulder and a purse in his mouth (Inset: Onoe Kikujiro as the geisha Mikatsu); and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Shirai Gonpachi standing over Onoe Kikujiro as Yaeume, the daughter of Sukedayu (Inset: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Hanshichi).