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Scene from a kabuki play with Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Kuniyoshi, 1847, Wood cut
Scene from a kabuki play with Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Scene from a kabuki play with Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Scene from a kabuki play with Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
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Item no
352
Title
Scene from a kabuki play with Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Description
The print depicts three actors in a scene from a Kabuki play.
The right sheet shows Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Shogun Taro Yoshikado (son of the evil pretender Masakado). The other two actors, unidentified, play the roles of Omatsu a Country Girl, actually Lady Kikyo-no-mae, and ** [cut] Choko no Chokohei (on the table with a fan) played by Ichikawa Kodanji IV.'[T. Clark]
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Date
1847
Size
38.5 x 51 cm.
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Art and Design Library
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