Two actors, Sawamura Tosshō and Nakamura Shikou, in court dress in a violent confrontation: a third actor, Iwai Shijaku, wears a female robe and looks down from a roundel. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1870.

  • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
Date:
Month 6, 1870
Reference:
35242i
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Description

Half-length figures

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 6, 1870.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Kunichika-hitsu Bears publisher's mark, block cutter's mark, censor's seal, actor's name and actor's role

Reference

Wellcome Collection 35242i

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