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Maker(s):Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1797–1861); Japanese (ca. 1814–1896)
Title:The Actors Ichikawa Danjurō VIII as Satsuma Tadayoshi, Ichikawa Gangyoku as Ubara no Tagobei, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Okabe no Rokuyata ('Satsuma tadashi ubara no okabe no rokuyata'), from the Kabuki Play "Ichi-no-tani"
Date Made:1849
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Place Made:Edo
Measurements:overall: 10 1/8 in x 14 13/16 in; 25.7 cm x 37.6 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.750
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
horizontal ōban; ōban yoko-e; nishiki-e; yakusha-e

Label Text:
This performance took place in the eighth lunar month of 1849 (Kaei 2) at the Kawarasakiya. Copies of this impression are also held by the British Museum (acc. no. 2008,3037.12311) and the Tsubouchi Theatre Museum at Waseda University, Tokyo (acc. no. 005-0077). This print bears the seals of censors Hama Yahei and Magome Kangeyū. - BB 2013

Tags:
kabuki; actors; figures; performances; set design; costume; warriors; fighting; swords; trees; flowers

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