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ContributorsUtagawa Kuniyoshi (Artist) / 歌川 国芳 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1835 to 1841
Description

Triptych depicting backstage preparations during a kabuki play.

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ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
Description

This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.

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Created1855
Description

This shini-e (death print) commemorates the deaths of three kabuki actors: Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (right), who committed suicide in 1854, and Arashi Otohachi III (center) and Bandō Shūka I (left) who both died in 1855.