Woodblock Print
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Woodblock print with a portrait and the top and bottom. At the top, a figure in pink costume holding a red bowl on yellow ground. On the btoom, a figure in black costume holding a black fan tinged with red.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woodblock print on paper |
| Brief description | Woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Japan |
| Physical description | Woodblock print with a portrait and the top and bottom. At the top, a figure in pink costume holding a red bowl on yellow ground. On the btoom, a figure in black costume holding a black fan tinged with red. |
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| Object history | Portraits of the actors Sawamura Sōjiuro and Matsumoto Kōshiro. Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | E.4856-1886 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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