vertical oban diptych; young man at left wearing purple kimono with gold birds and flowers facing off a standing monk wearing a gold kimono with purple and green flowers, holding a tan above his head; two women look coyly at the scene--one in LRC wearing black kimono with multicolored flowers and one in ULQ wearing pink kimono; two rectangular cartouches with text on a, URQ right of center, and on b, URC; lines of text, round and oval cartouches of text, LLC, on each image; characters' names: Besshitsu Fuji no kata (woman on right), Yamana So_zen (monk), Katsuro_ no kimi (young man), Kashizuki Hisao (woman on left)

Actors Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata, Nakayama Ichizō I as Yamana Sōzen (R), and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja and Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae (L), c. 1851, 8th month

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Related to the play "Higashiyama sakura zōshi" 東山桜荘子, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the 8th month of 1851.

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Title
Actors Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata, Nakayama Ichizō I as Yamana Sōzen (R), and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja and Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae (L)
Artist Life
1786 - 1865
Role
Artist
Accession Number
96.146.104.4a,b
Catalogue Raisonne
P0085-071.1, P0085-071.2
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vertical oban diptych; young man at left wearing purple kimono with gold birds and flowers facing off a standing monk wearing a gold kimono with purple and green flowers, holding a tan above his head; two women look coyly at the scene--one in LRC wearing black kimono with multicolored flowers and one in ULQ wearing pink kimono; two rectangular cartouches with text on a, URQ right of center, and on b, URC; lines of text, round and oval cartouches of text, LLC, on each image; characters' names: Besshitsu Fuji no kata (woman on right), Yamana So_zen (monk), Katsuro_ no kimi (young man), Kashizuki Hisao (woman on left)