Woodblock print

Description

Part of a colour woodblock diptych print depicting the kabuki actor Sawamura Sōjurō V as Yorikane, in a boat as he seizes by the hair the courtesan Takao (played by Bandō Shuka) in the water, from a production of Sendai gashi at the Ichimura-za: Japan, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848

Museum reference

A.1887.745.44.233

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Enshūya Matabei, 1768 - 1881 (fl.), Publisher

Date

c. 1848

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Yorikane
Depicted: Sawamura Sōjūrō V, 1844 - 1848 (fl.)
Depicted: Takao
Depicted: Bandō Shūka