Colour woodblock print, oban tate-e. Five portraits of the actor ichikawa danjuro viii in various roles he played in kaei 2 (1849) at the karawasaki theatre in the play 'ichinotani musha no iezuto' (一谷武者画土産 )--including, tamaya shinbei (top left) in 'tsukidemura shiratsuyu tamaya' (月出村白露玉屋) , kagekiyo (centre) in 'kagekiyo' (景清), one of the eighteen masterpieces of the ichikawa family, and shigehira (lower left) in 'ichinotani musha no iezuto' (一谷武者画土産 ), in different shaped boxes. Date: 1849. Dimensions: Height: 38.20 centimetres Width: 25 centimetres. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII. Collection: British Museum. Tamaya Shinbei, Rokuyata, Kagekiyo, Shigehira 玉屋新兵衛、六弥太、景清、重衝 (BM 2008,3037.21315)
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