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Port Townsend, Washington |
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UTAGAWA KUNISADA 歌川国貞 うたがわくにさだ (1786-1865) |
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Scene from the play Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki だてくらべおくにかぶき also known as Sendai Hagi 先代萩 せんだいはぎ |
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Date: 1821, 3rd Month Bunsei 4 文政4 |
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Two panels of a triptych. The left hand panel is missing. |
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Right Panel: Iwai Kumesaburô II 岩井久米三郎 いわいくめさぶろう as the courtesan Takao 高尾 たかお |
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Segawa Kikunojô V 瀬川菊之丞 せがわきくのじょう as the daimyo Yorikane 頼兼公 よりかねこう |
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Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga |
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Publisher: Unidentified 版元: 未詳 はんもと: みしょう |
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*We are only offering two of three panels. it is not uncommon to find only one or two panels of a triptych. A visit to any major museum collection will confirm this. It is a fact of life. The left panel shown below is the center panel. |
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瀬 川 菊 之 丞
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岩井久米三郎 |
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高尾 | |||||||||
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Iwai kumesaburo |
The courtesan Takao |
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