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Kabuki Characters, Banzuke

Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835 - 1900)

Date1883

Mediumwoodblock print

DimensionsPer panel: 34 × 25 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LinePurchased with Funds provided by Gloria and Ian Back

Object number2014.040.011 a-c

DescriptionPrint showing a group of kabuki actors in character. Each is identified with name cartouches and a banzuke or list across the top. A bearded nobleman sits in the center, scowling and clenching his fist. He wears a kimono with a colourful rooster over the shoulder. He looks up at the female bandit Kishin Omatsu, who cradles an infant to her chest, holding the child under her kimono against her armor.

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