Woodblock print

Description

Colour woodblock print of the kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan II as the wrestler Onigadake in the play Sekitori nidai kagami, performed at the Kado-za in the third month, 1834: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1834

Museum reference

A.1887.745.35.5

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print, Diptych

Production information

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

Date

1834

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Onigadake
Depicted: Nakamura Shikan II, 1825 - 1835 (fl.)
Depicted: Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan, East Asia

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. 24