Utagawa Toyokuni I
Seki Sanjuro as Obiya Choemon and Ichikawa Denzo as Ohan of the Shinonoya from the Kabuki Drama Katsuragawa renri no shigarami (Love Suicide of Ohan and Choemon at the Katsura River)

Seki Sanjuro as Obiya Choemon and Ichikawa Denzo as Ohan of the Shinonoya from the Kabuki Drama Katsuragawa renri no shigarami (Love Suicide of Ohan and Choemon at the Katsura River)

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Seki Sanjuro as Obiya Choemon and Ichikawa Denzo as Ohan of the Shinonoya from the Kabuki Drama Katsuragawa renri no shigarami (Love Suicide of Ohan and Choemon at the Katsura River)
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Seki Sanjuro as Obiya Choemon and Ichikawa Denzo as Ohan of the Shinonoya from the Kabuki Drama Katsuragawa renri no shigarami (Love Suicide of Ohan and Choemon at the Katsura River)
Datec. 1810
PlaceJapan
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (36.5 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton
Object number2006.378
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceCount Frederick W. von Ganggrebe, from an album of actor prints by Toyokuni I acquired around 1900, reportedly sometime German ambassador to Tokyo; to Ronin Gallery (Roni Neuer), New York, New York, March 6, 2006, purchase.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
insc verso, lower edge, in graphite: "R04527 RG06"
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Censor's seal: Kiwame
Inventory Number R04527-s

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