Satomi hakkenshi no uchi hitori

Description

Colour woodblock diptych print of the kabuki actors Onoe Tamizō II as Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshito and Nakamura Utaemon III as Inuyama Dōsetsu Tadaoki, from the play Nanso Satomi hakkenden: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1833

Museum reference

A.1887.745.35.14

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print, Diptych

Production information

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

Date

1833

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshito
Depicted: Onoe Tamizō II, 1799 - 1886

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. 19

Discussed comprehensively in 持丸眞弓「春梅斎北英画「里見八犬子内一個」の独創性と特異性」 『浮世絵芸術』 167 (2014), pp. 39-54.

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, exploring east asia