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One memorable day in 1850, the virtuoso actor Onoe Tamizo II exhibited his talents as a quick-change artist, appearing in turn (from right) as a ceremonial dancer, a drunken servant, a young girl with an insect cage, a Chinese dancer, and a fisherman wrestling a carp.

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Document identity
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33961
label
Polytych: Suikoden gohen
core
obj
dtoType
print
pageCount
6
Source metadata
id
33961
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Polytych: Suikoden gohen
description
One memorable day in 1850, the virtuoso actor Onoe Tamizo II exhibited his talents as a quick-change artist, appearing in turn (from right) as a ceremonial dancer, a drunken servant, a young girl with an insect cage, a Chinese dancer, and a fisherman wrestling a carp.
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
1850 (late Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
woodblock prints
polyptychs
imageCount
6
pageCount
6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.4
height
17.8
dimensionsRaw
each panel: 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.78 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hirosada
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
15002
6406
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
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