Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Sumidagawa watashiba no zu 隅田川渡場之圖 (Crossing on the Sumida River)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'Onna Seigen', showing the actors Bando Hikosaburo as Sarushima Soda (right), carrying a pole with a net and stepping from the dock onto the ferry, Iwai Kunesaburo as the female priest Onna Seigen (centre) raising her straw hat, and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Yoshida Matsuwaka-maru (left) beginning to pole the boat across the Sumida River.
