The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora (left), in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shunsho

Title

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora (left), in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

Origin

Japan

Date

1769–1779

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych

Dimensions

29.8 × 14.7 cm (11 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.) (right); 29.8 × 15 cm (11 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.) (left)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Chester Wright

Reference Number

1961.197

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