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Actors on stage
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Actors on stage

Utagawa Kunisada (I) · 1820 - 1830 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Theater scene with the actor Iwai Kumesaburo, in a female role, in a kimono with a pattern of irises, standing next to the actor Matsumoto Koshiro, sitting; a third actor in the background at a set with water, blooming irises, and blossoms. Part of a triptych.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printIwai Kumesaburo IIMatsumoto Koshiro V
Credit lineActeurs op toneel. 1820 - 1830. Utagawa Kunisada (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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