Arashi Kichisaburō III as Saitō Kuranosuke (right panel); Onoe Tamizo (II) as Yuruki Saemon (center panel); and Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Kajizō (left panel)

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Arashi Kichisaburō III as Saitō Kuranosuke (right panel); Onoe Tamizo (II) as Yuruki Saemon (center panel); and Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Kajizō (left panel)

1863

Hironobu I (Japanese, active 1851–1870) Engraved by Uchitora

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Object Details

Titles:

Arashi Kichisaburō III as Saitō Kuranosuke (right panel); Onoe Tamizo (II) as Yuruki Saemon (center panel); and Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Kajizō (left panel)
Scene from the play Somewake Tazuna, From a collector's album of theater prints assembled in the early 1860s

Date:

1863

Artists:

Hironobu I (Japanese, active 1851–1870) Engraved by Uchitora

Medium:

Color woodcut (triptych)

Dimensions:

Chūban tate-e : 9 5/8 x 21 inches (24.4 x 53.3 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and with funds contributed by various donors, 1969

Accession Number:

1969-208-27a--c

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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