Diptych print, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1847

Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. The actor onoe kikugoro iv as hanazono (right), the wife of umeto, who is on her knees pleading with nakamura utaemon iv as saito tarozaemon in court robes and cap holding a lantern (left). Scene from the kabuki play 'oto-no-miya asai no yoroi', performed at the kawarasaki theatre in the seventh month of koka 4 (1847). Date: circa 1847. Dimensions: Height: 35.80 centimetres (l); ; Height: 35.80 centimetres (r); Width: 25.40 centimetres (l); Width: 24.70 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18240)