Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Title: diptych print
Date: 1810 (?)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors Matsumoto Koshiro V as the palanquin bearer Jinbei (‘kagokaki Jinbei’), standing with a straw mat on his back to protect him from the rain, and Bando Mitsugoro III as Minami Yohei standing clutching his sword; in the play ‘Dekiaki Hachiman matsuri’ (alternate reading ‘Dekiaki yawata matsuri’) by Katsu Hyozo I (Tsuruya Nanboku IV), performed at the Ichimura-za in the 8th month of 1810.
