Title : Kumogakure 雲隠 (Behind the Clouds) / Genji kumo shui 源氏雲拾遺 (Gleanings from the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji)

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1845-1846

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in red makeup as Matsugae Sekinosuke holding a knife in front of a lakeside teahouse. Poem inscribed above.

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