Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Scene outside a castle from the kabuki play 'soga dochu sugoroku' entitled picture of the igagoe revenge (igagoe kataki-uchi no zu) showing the actors tamejuro as sakurai rinzaemon fighting ichikawa kuzo as ikezoe magohachi (left); an unidentified actor as koshiai kanshiro who is fighting nakamura utaemon iv as karaki masaemon, who is also fighting tomoemon as sawai matagoro, takeuchi funai (centre); and sawai matagoro fighting matsumoto kinsho as wada shizuma (right), also an unidentified actor as takeuchi dennai. Date: 19thC(mid). Dimensions: Height: 36.10 centimetres (c); ; Height: 36.10 centimetres (l); Height: 36.20 centimetres (r); Width: 24.90 centimetres (c); Width: 25 centimetres (l); Width: 24.90 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Triptych print (BM 2008,3037.19707 2)
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