Nakamura Utaemon IV as Higuchi no Jirō (right panel); Kataoka Ichizō I as Gonshirō and Mimasu Daigorō IV as Shigetada (left panel)

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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Higuchi no Jirō (right panel); Kataoka Ichizō I as Gonshirō and Mimasu Daigorō IV as Shigetada (left panel)

1851

Konishi Hirosada (also called Gosōtei Hirosada) (Japanese, active 1826-1863, died c. 1865) , and Kinkodō

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Object Details

Titles:

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Higuchi no Jirō (right panel); Kataoka Ichizō I as Gonshirō and Mimasu Daigorō IV as Shigetada (left panel)
From the series Seisuiki, Act 5

Date:

1851

Artists:

Konishi Hirosada (also called Gosōtei Hirosada) (Japanese, active 1826-1863, died c. 1865) , and Kinkodō

Medium:

Color woodcut (diptych)

Dimensions:

Chūban tate-e diptych: 9 15/16 x 14 1/16 inches (25.2 x 35.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

1969-208-111a,b

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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