Diptych print, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852 (5th month)

Colour woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor bando shuka as o-kaji, wife of danshichi (left), leaning over a fallen man and pointing a sword at a bloodied seki sanjuro as the old hag, wife of giheiji of mikawa-cho (right), amidst heavy rain, from the play 'shinzo tsurifune kidan', performed at the ichimura theatre in the fifth month of kaei 5 (1852). Date: 1852 (5th month). Dimensions: Height: 35.60 centimetres (l); ; Height: 35.70 centimetres (r); Width: 24 centimetres (l); Width: 23.90 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18221 1)