Title : Minazuki 水無月 (6th lunar month) / Junitsuki no uchi 十二月ノ内 (The 12 Months) / Nakamura utaemon as Yatoi Yakko, Ichimura uzaemon as Yatoi Yakko 中村歌右衛門のやとい奴、市村羽左衛門のやとい奴

Artist : Utagawa Kunisada

Date : 1840

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors (from left) Ichimura Uzaemon XII and Nakamura Utaemon IV as two ‘yakko’ footmen dancing at a summer festival, a dance section called ‘yatoi yakko’ (やとい奴), illustrating the 6th month (‘minazuki’) (水無月), from a hengemono dance featuring the twelve months called ‘Hana kyodai nenju gyoji’ (花きょうだい十二月所作); performed at the Ichimura-za in the 3rd month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).

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