Miuraya Agemaki (Agemaki of the Three Shores House)

Description

Colour woodblock print entitled Miuraya Agemaki (Agemaki of the Three Shores House), depicting the kabuki actor Bandō Shūka I as the courtesan Agemaki against a large target with an arrow in the bull's eye, indicating that his performance was a hit, he played opposite Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Sukeroku in the play Sukeroku kuruwa no hanami doki: Japan, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848 - 1850

Museum reference

A.1887.745.42.62

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Hori Takichi, Publisher

Date

1848 - 1850

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Agemaki
Depicted: Bandō Shūka I, 1813 - 1855
Depicted: Sukeroku
Depicted: Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII, 1823 - 1854
Depicted: Nakamura-za
Depicted: Sukeroku kuruwa no hanami doki