Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. A scene at the otsu station on the tokaido from the kabuki play 'ichidai banashi'. The kabuki actor sawamura sojuro as the bandit leader nippon daemon (left) seated on a rock holding a baton, looking down at a dancing frog in front of him, and onoe kikugoro iii as nakasaina sonja (right) seated on a giant toad and holding a bowl from which a golden dragon has emerged. Date: circa 1847. Dimensions: Height: 35.20 centimetres (l); ; Height: 35.40 centimetres (r); Width: 25.10 centimetres (l); Width: 24.80 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Otsu 大津 (BM 2008,3037.18238)
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