Title : Matsumoto Koshiro as Takechi Mitsuhide 松本幸四郎の武智光秀

Artist : Utagawa Kunisada

Date : 1817 (Bunka 14)

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Takechi Mitsuhide standing in a straw raincoat, holding a straw hat and a long bamboo spear, in the play ‘Renga no hana tsuki mo Mitsuhide’ (連歌月光秀), (also read as ‘Kotoba no hana tsuki mo Mitsuhide’); performed at the Nakamura-za in the 9th month of 1817 (Bunka 14).

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