Avant et après - The kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke III in the role of Karaito (from the play ‘Iribune soga nihon no torikara’)

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Maker

(artist)
1786-1864

1848-1903
Maruya Seijiro
1799-1863 (active)

Title

Avant et après - The kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke III in the role of Karaito (from the play ‘Iribune soga nihon no torikara’)

Date of Production

1857

Medium

colour woodblock print laid down on pastedown inside back cover

Dimensions

Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 20.6 cm

Object Number

MS.2020.XX.1.back pastedown

Mode of Acquisition

HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 2020

Credit

Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2020

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Inscription: upper left, black characters in red cartouche: 'Mitsumori tsuma karaito' ('Mitsumori wife Karaito'); lower right: two censor's seals printed in black indicating date of 1857 (4th lunar month of the year of the snake).

Provenance

See MS.2020.XX.1.

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