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Image Title: Hachimantaro Yoshiie Abe Sadato : Sadato Tsuma Sodehagi., 1847

Creator: Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864, artist

Date: 1847 or 1848

Summary: Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Taro Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Actor Abe no Sadato with another unidentified actor dressed as a tiger. Right section: Actress Sadato no Tsuma (Abe no Sadato's wife) with another unidentified actor dressed as an elephant.

Subjects: Actors--Japanese--1840-1850
Theatrical productions--Japan--1840-1850

Original Media: Woodcut print

Collections: Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915 » more info...

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