Identification title(s): picture book with stage fans. Ehon butai ogi (title on object). Object type: book object number: rp-p-1960-7. C. Catalog reference: jap cat i 128. Description: part three (of three); beige cover with diamond pattern; title strip top left; 21 sheets; 16 sheets with fan-shaped portraits of kabuki actors, against a yellow background; three leaves, numbered: 1-3, haiku poems; one sheet, postscript; penultimate page, poems; last page, colophon. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: katsukawa shunsho (mentioned on object), printmaker: ippitsusai bunchô (mentioned on object), printmaker: endo matsugoro (mentioned on object), publisher: kariganeya ihei (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: edo. Date: 1770. Physical features: color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks. Material: paper technique: color woodcut. Dimensions: cover: h 281 mm × w 185 mm. Subject: what: portrait of actor, actress. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1960. Date: 1770.
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