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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a courtesan (right) and Sawamura Sojuro III as Oyamada Taro (?) disguised as Tarosaku of Oyamada Village (left) in the play "Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779

A work made of color woodblock print; narrow ai-tanzakuban diptych.
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  • A work made of color woodblock print; narrow ai-tanzakuban diptych.

Date:

c 1779

Artist:

Katsukawa Shunko I
Japanese, 1743-1812

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Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

Title

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a courtesan (right) and Sawamura Sojuro III as Oyamada Taro (?) disguised as Tarosaku of Oyamada Village (left) in the play "Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1774–1784

Medium

Color woodblock print; narrow ai-tanzakuban diptych

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1939.2203a-b

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