Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Scene from a version of the chushingura ('chuko gishi yurai'), with the kabuki actors nakamura utaemon iv as lord ko no moronao dressed in a black descending a staircase (centre) being watched by bando hikosaburo as enga hangan kneeling in a yellow robe (right) and ichikawa yaozo as wakasaya yoichi no suke (left) kneeling and iwai shijaku as the lady kaoyo-gozen standing behind. Date: 1839 7th lunar month. Dimensions: Height: 38.50 centimetres (c) Height: 38.50 centimetres (l) Height: 38 centimetres (r) Width: 26 centimetres (c) Width: 26.10 centimetres (l) Width: 26.20 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Triptych print (BM 2008,3037.19611)
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