Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. A scene from the kabuki play 'nanso satomi hakkenden' performed at the ichimura theatre in the first month of kaei 5 (1852). The actor sawamura sanjuro v, who raises his arm in alarm at inuyama dosetsu tadatomo (right) standing and performing a magical hand-gesture behind arashi kichizaburo as tsunahoshi sabojiro, who is seated and leaning back in alarm from seki sanjuro as inukawa shosuke (left), who is standing with a stern expression over the kneeling onoe kikujiro ii in the role of mumatsu (?). Date: circa 1852. Dimensions: Height: 35.20 centimetres (l); ; Height: 34.60 centimetres (r); Width: 24.80 centimetres (l); Width: 25 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Onoe Kikujiro II. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18244)
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