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Four actors at an autumn flower exhibition
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Four actors at an autumn flower exhibition

Utagawa Sadamasu (II) · 1837-09 · color woodcut; paper

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

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Four-panel screen with on each leaf an actor by a wooden fence, behind which is an exhibition of autumn flowers. L. to R.: Nakamura Karoku I in the role of Ushiwakamaru, Mimasu Gennosuke I as the servant Chienai, Nakamura Tamasuke I (Utaemon III) as Kiichi Hôgen, and Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Minazuru-hime, in the play 'Kiichi Hôgen sanryaku no maki', performed at the Naka Theater in the ninth month of 1837.

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Credit lineVier toneelspelers bij een herfstbloemen tentoonstelling. 1837-09. Utagawa Sadamasu (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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