The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Title

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1788

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

36.3 × 24.6 cm (14 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1929.747

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