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Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei (right)
Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei (right)
Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei (right)

Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei (right)

Titles
  • 小万と薩摩源五兵衛
  • Geisha Koman and Satsuma Gengobei
Artist (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Publisher
Date1856
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and color on paper Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensionssheet size: 14 x 9 9/16 in. (35.5 x 24.3 cm)
mat size: 20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift from Seiichirö Uehara, Nigata, Japan, 2006 (29337b)
Object number29337b
DescriptionAccording to its date, this print likely depicts the onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and the actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei in the 1856 production of "Onatsurae Satsuma no shingata" at the Nakamura theater.
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