Two actors in a 'split-screen' image. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
Date:
Month 8, 1857
Reference:
36021i
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Description

Half-length figures

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 8, 1857.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Contributors

Lettering

Ōju Toyokuni hitsu ; Kunisada-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title

Notes

Eastern capital: competition in patronage (No. 1)

Creator/production credits

Heroic samurai figure in the foreground by Kunisada II; figure in the top left is a determined commoner by Kunisada; begun as a joint project between Kunisada and his son-in-law but completed by Kunisada

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36021i

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