Woodblock print

Description

Colour woodblock print of the kabuki actor Nakamura Karoku I as the courtesan Yoyoginu in the play Yae-musubi Jiraiya-zome, performed at the Kado-za in the eighth month, 1832: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1832

Museum reference

A.1887.745.35.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Hokuei, Artist
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan, East Asia

Date

1832

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Yoyoginu
Depicted: Nakamura Karoku I, 1779 - 1859

Exhibitions

• Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints (04 Oct 2013 - 02 Feb 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Rosina Buckland, Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints (National Museums Scotland, 2013), no. 16