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Segawa Kikunojō V as Princess Kiyo and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Lady Mikuriya

Segawa Kikunojō V as Princess Kiyo and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Lady Mikuriya

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Title	Segawa Kikunojō V as Princess Kiyo and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Lady Mikuriya Kiyohime Segawa Kikunojō Mikuriya no tsubone Mimasu Gennosuke 清ひめ瀬川菊之丞御厨の局三枡源之助
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date	11/1829
Play	Kin no zai saru shimadairi 金幣猿島郡
Theatre	Nakamura
Publisher	Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō) 江崎屋吉兵衛 (天寿堂)
City	Edo

Signature	Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画
Censorship seal(s)	kiwame 極
Publisher’s seal(s)	Ezakiya 江崎屋

Technique & material	Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format	ōban triptych
Width	26.1 cm (M); 26 cm (L)
Height	38.4 cm (M); 38 cm (L)

Object number	SH2018-DM-025
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

Description

Left two sheets of a triptych. The missing sheet depicts the actor Nakamura Shikan II in the role of Tadabumi. The play, Kin no zai saru shimadairi, was performed in the Nakamura Theatre in the eleventh month of 1829.