Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'kotoba no hana momiji no sakari' performed at the ichimura theatre in the eighth month of kaei 2 (1849). The actor seki sanjuro as hantoki kurobei (right) standing and holding up a tobacco pipe, seated behind him is bando shuka i as ko-ito, nakamura utaemon iv as honcho-maru tsunagoro (right) seated with his right arm extended to nakamura bungoro in an unidentified role who sits behind him. Date: 1849. Dimensions: Height: 35 centimetres (l); ; Height: 34.10 centimetres (r); Width: 25.20 centimetres (l); Width: 25.20 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18242 1)
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