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 'Rokkasen', showing the actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as O-Kaji of Gion (Inset: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ariwara no Harihara) (right), Ichimura Utaemon as the courtier Otomo no Kuronushi (Inset: Utaemon as Sojo Henjo) (centre), and Utaemon as the monk Kisen Hoshi (Inset: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ono no Komachi) (left).

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