The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
c. 1772
Accession Number
31423
Medium
Color woodblock print; diptych; illustrations from the later edition of the book Ehon Butai Ogi
Dimensions
27.8 × 13.8 cm (10 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.) (trimmed) (right); 27.8 × 14 cm (10 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.) (trimmed) (left)
Classification
woodblock print
Credit Line
Frederick W. Gookin Collection
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