Diptych print (BM 2008,3037.18222), Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Summary
Colour woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor Onoe Kikujiro II as Terutehime (left) in a wooden boat, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (right), falling from a tree into the water, as the fisherman Namishichi, and Ichikawa Ichizo III, in the water, as the fisherman Dohachi (right), from the play 'Oguri gaiden', performed at the Nakamura theatre in the fourth month, Kaei 4 (1851).
Tags
Date
1851
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain