Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'yoshitsune senbon zakura' performed at the kawarasaki theatre in the autumn of 1847. The actor nakamura utaemon iv as the fox genkuro (left), disguised as sato tadanobu, leaping from a balcony, and onoe baiko (kikugoro iv) as yoshitsune's mistress, shizuka-gozen (right), holding out a sword in self-defence. Date: 1847. Dimensions: Height: 35.90 centimetres (l); ; Height: 36.10 centimetres (r); Width: 24.90 centimetres (l); Width: 24.90 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18225 1)
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