Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'soga kyodai', with the actors (from right to left): ichikawa danjuro viii as sasano gonzo standing and holding a spear with a giant centipede at the end of it (inset: bando hikosaburo as chokuro); bando hikosaburo as nisuke with the spear over his right shoulder and a purse in his mouth (inset: onoe kikujiro as the geisha mikatsu); and ichikawa kodanji iv as shirai gonpachi standing over onoe kikujiro ii as yaeume, the daughter of sukedayu (inset: ichikawa danjuro viii as hanshichi). Date: 1849 1st lunar month. Dimensions: Height: 36.30 centimetres (c) Height: 36.30 centimetres (l) Height: 36.20 centimetres (r) Width: 24.90 centimetres (c) Width: 24.80 centimetres (l) Width: 24.90 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Onoe Kikujiro II. Collection: British Museum. Triptych print (BM 2008,3037.19603)
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