Sumidagawa watashiba no zu 隅田川渡場之圖 (Crossing on the Sumida River), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1847 and 1852

Colour woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'sumidagawa hana no gosho-zome' (or 'onna seigen'), showing the actors ichikawa danjuro viii as yoshida matsuwakamaru (right), carrying a pole with a net and stepping from the dock onto the ferry, iwai kunesaburo iii as the female priest onna seigen (centre) raising her straw hat, and bando hikosaburo v as sarushima sota (left) beginning to pole the boat across the sumida river. Date: between 1847 and 1852. Dimensions: Height: 34.80 centimetres (c); ; Height: 34.70 centimetres (l); Height: 35.40 centimetres (r); Width: 24.70 centimetres (c); Width: 25.10 centimetres (l); Width: 25.40 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII. Collection: British Museum. Sumidagawa watashiba no zu 隅田川渡場之圖 (Crossing on the Sumida River) (BM 2008,3037.19810 1)