Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Scene from the kabuki play 'mimasu soga no yodai', with the akazawa junai, played by ichikawa kodanji iv, reading a paper, tsukisayo, played by bando shuka, on her knees, and senemon, played by ichikawa danjuro viii, examining an lantern, before a crumbling wall covered with graffitti. Date: 1850 1st lunar month. Dimensions: Height: 36.70 centimetres (c) Height: 36.60 centimetres (l) Height: 36.70 centimetres (r) Width: 25.10 centimetres (c) Width: 25 centimetres (l) Width: 25.10 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Triptych print (BM 2008,3037.19403)
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