Triptych print, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1849 8th lunar month

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Scene from the production of the kabuki play 'kotoba no hana momiji no sakari', which was performed at the ichimura-za theatre in early 1849, showing an unidentified actor as kanto kurobei holding a fan with the boy kanda yokichi (left), seki sanjuro as hantoki kurobei (centre) wearing robes depicting scences of hell, and nakamura utaemon iv as honcho-maru tsunagoro (right), all standing before a bamboo fence around a temple. Date: 1849 8th lunar month. Dimensions: Height: 36.10 centimetres (c); ; Height: 36.10 centimetres (l); Height: 36.10 centimetres (r); Width: 25 centimetres (c); Width: 25 centimetres (l); Width: 25 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Triptych print (BM 2008,3037.19709 2)