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The onnagata actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asazuma
The onnagata actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asazuma
The onnagata actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asazuma

The onnagata actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asazuma

Titles
  • 朝妻
Artist (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Publisher (c. 1800s~1850s)
Date1858
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and color on paper Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensions14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.5 x 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift from Seiichirö Uehara, Nigata, Japan, 2006 (29338)
Object number29338
DescriptionAccording to its date, this print likely depicts the onnagata actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asazuma in the 1858 production of "E kyodai kotori no saezuri" at the Nakamura theater.
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