Avant et après - The kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke III in the role of Karaito (from the play ‘Iribune soga nihon no torikara’)
Maker
(artist)
1786-1864
1848-1903
Maruya Seijiro
1786-1864
1848-1903
Maruya Seijiro
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
Width: 20.6 cm
Accession 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
Related Works
Provenance
See MS.2020.XX.1.
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).
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