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Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Mino no Shōkurō, Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Gantetsu, actually Miura Arajirō, and Nakamura Karoku I as the Prostitute Hinazuru, actually Shōkurō’s wife Kochō

Artist: Shunkōsai Hokushū; Publisher: Izutsuya Denbei

triptych in inverted T shape; top image (a): two figures on a balcony; standing man at right pouring brown liquid down from a small brown pitcher; man wearing kimono with yellow feather and scroll patterns and grey tassels at hem; upside down figure wearing black garments and straw sandals, reaching out across floor of balcony with PL hand

lower left image (b): standing female with long ponytail wearing a pink kimono with yellow waves and birds at hem; obi has large crab at back; figure is looking at text written in liquid by man on balcony; screen (?) in background with patterns of white and blue birds and spiral elements

lower right image (c): standing man holding a lantern aloft in his PR hand; man wearing a black kimono with grey tassels at hem; screen (?) in background with patterns of white and blue birds and spiral elements

Date
c. 1823, 1st month
In our collection
since May the 2nd, 2011 up to now
Dimensions
14 1/2 × 10 in. (36.83 × 25.4 cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper with mica
Price
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Composition
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