Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'genke hachidai'. The kabuki actor ichikawa danjuro viii in a dragon-patterned robe as akugenda yoshihira (right), and ichikawa kodanji iv as hasebe nobutsana (right), both holding swords; ichimura uzaemon xii as tada kurahito yukitsuna (left) holding an opened yellow and black umbrella, standing over bando shuka i, kneeling down as the ghost of naruto-no-mae (left). Date: circa 1847. Dimensions: Height: 35.50 centimetres (l); ; Height: 34.90 centimetres (r); Width: 24.90 centimetres (l); Width: 25.40 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18239 1)
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