Japanese Print "Seiro kabuki yatsushi e-zukushi, juban-tsuzuki 青楼歌舞妓やつし画尽 十番続 (Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki, Ten-sheet Composition)" by Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist:Kitagawa Utamaro
Title:Seiro kabuki yatsushi e-zukushi, juban-tsuzuki 青楼歌舞妓やつし画尽 十番続 (Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki, Ten-sheet Composition)
Date:1798
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Source:British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock-printed triptych. Courtesan Yosooi of Matsubaya gathered together with assistants beneath flowering cherry trees at Naka-no-cho; assistant on left sheet carrying doll modelled on Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI in role of swashbuckling champion of oppressed, Sukeroku. Inscribed, signed, marked and sealed.
