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Crowd carrying home sake gift
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A woman and two men pulling a large cart stacked with sake barrels. The sake is a gift from the new Meiji Emperor during his first visit to Tokyo in 1868. The three figures are Kabuki actors (l-r): Nakamura Shikan IV as the tattooed firefighter Tobi Komakichi, center: Sawamura Tanosuke III as the geisha Okiku, and right: Onoe Kikugorô V in a green overcoat as Chōdai no Mikinosuke. A festive crowd is depicted in the background. Triptych.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCrowd carrying home sake gift. 1868-11. Toyohara Kunichika. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
