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Bando Mitsugorô IV as Sekibei and Onoe Kikugorô III as Somezone in Tsumoru koi yuki seki no to (Snow and love piled up at the Seki-no-to Barrier Gate) performed at the Ichimura theatre in 11/1832
Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Surimono. Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigments, blind embossing (karazuri), and design burnished on black of Sekibei’s costume. Shikishiban diptych. Signed: Kôchôrô Kunisada ga. Poets: Matsunoya Sononari and Shôeitei Tsukiyoshi
Method of acquisition: Given (1937) by Barron, E. Evelyn
Accession number: P.508-1937
Primary reference Number: 182377
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