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A Samurai Standing Under Cherry Trees
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A Samurai Standing Under Cherry Trees

Utagawa Kunisada (I) · 1827 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859) in the role of Fuwa Banzaemon in the play Soga no shimadai, performed in 1827 at the Kawarasaki theater in Edo. The left leaf of this diptych shows Onoe Kikugorô III (1784-1849) in the role of Nagoya Sanza. With two poems.

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Credit lineA Samurai Standing Under Cherry Trees. 1827. Utagawa Kunisada (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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