The Lovers' Suicide Scene in Ohan and Chōemon (Michiyuki - Ohan Chōemon), from the series Puppet Plays Mirrored in Harimaze (Harimaze jōruki kagami)

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The Lovers' Suicide Scene in Ohan and Chōemon (Michiyuki - Ohan Chōemon), from the series Puppet Plays Mirrored in Harimaze (Harimaze jōruki kagami)

1854

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858) Published by Mikawaya Kihei

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Object Details

Titles:

The Lovers' Suicide Scene in Ohan and Chōemon (Michiyuki - Ohan Chōemon), from the series Puppet Plays Mirrored in Harimaze (Harimaze jōruki kagami)

Date:

1854

Artists:

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858) Published by Mikawaya Kihei

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Harimaze, cut from the lower right of an ōban tate-e sheet : 7 1/8 × 2 5/8 inches (18.1 × 6.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1946

Accession Number:

1946-51-89

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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