Onoe Kikugorō V as Otowake Neko no ke (Right), Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Aishō Michinoku (Center), Onoe Kikugorō V as Isogai Mibunosuke (Left) in the Kabuki play Tōkai Kidan Nekomata Yashiki

Creator Name

Toyohara Kunichika

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1870

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Title

Onoe Kikugorō V as Otowake Neko no ke (Right), Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Aishō Michinoku (Center), Onoe Kikugorō V as Isogai Mibunosuke (Left) in the Kabuki play Tōkai Kidan Nekomata Yashiki

Creator

Toyohara Kunichika, Japanese, 1835–1900, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

9 3/4 x 14 in. (24.8 x 35.6 cm);
height: 24.8centimetre;
width: 35.6centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1870

Provenance

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985

Style Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

Public Domain

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Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Women; Actors

Topic

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Toyohara Kunichika, Onoe Kikugorō V as Otowake Neko no ke (Right), Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Aishō Michinoku (Center), Onoe Kikugorō V as Isogai Mibunosuke (Left) in the Kabuki play Tōkai Kidan Nekomata Yashiki, 1870, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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