Colour woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actors ichimura uzaemon xii as the official katai saburo (right), and bando shuka as jurokuyo (left), on either side of a stone lantern under a blossoming plum tree; scene from the play 'aoto-banashi', performed at the ichimura theatre on the seventeenth day of the first month, kaei 2 (1849). Date: 1849. Dimensions: Height: 36.20 centimetres (l); ; Height: 36.20 centimetres (r); Width: 25.10 centimetres (l); Width: 25 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18227 1)
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