Woodcut print actors iwai kumesaburō i and ichikawa yaozō iii as ohan and chōemon, by japanese artist utagawa toyokuni, circa 1800; owned by the chazen museum of art at the university of wisconsin, madison; a rare, oversized print format called "nagaban". It shows the two principle characters of the popular kabuki play love suicide of ohan and chōemon at the katsura river". The play is about a true story of a doomed relationship between a 38-year-old silk merchant and his 14-year-old neighbor.
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