Title : Tamaya Shinbei, Rokuyata, Kagekiyo, Shigehira 玉屋新兵衛、六弥太、景清、重衝

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1849

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print, oban tate-e. Five portraits of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in various roles he played in Kaei 2 (1849) at the Karawazaki theatre in the play 'Ichinotani musha no iezuto' (一谷武者画土産 )--including, Tamaya Shinbei (top left) in 'Tsukidemura shiratsuyu tamaya' (月出村白露玉屋) , Kagekiyo (center) in 'Kagekiyo' (景清), one of the eighteen masterpieces of the Ichikawa family, and Shigehira (lower left) in'Ichinotani musha no iezuto' (一谷武者画土産 ), in different shaped boxes.

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