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Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi
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About this work
This unsigned work shows two actors portraying the "based on real events" story of ill-fated lovers. It may have been inspired by the work of print designer Kitagawa Utamaro on the same theme.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineKomurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi, c. 1868–1943. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period (1926–89). Color woodblock print; sheet: 30.6 x 16.6 cm (12 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King, 1943.41
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