Kabuki Actors Triptych 1847 Right
by Padre Art
Title
Kabuki Actors Triptych 1847 Right
Artist
Padre Art
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
Right panel of vintage Ukiyo-e triptych showing a night scene from a Kabuki play. Actress Sadato no Tsuma (Abe no Sadato's wife) wearing an elaborate kimono and holding an unrolled scroll. An unidentified actor dressed as an elephant rests on her kimono with the scroll acroos its back. Original signed: "Motome ni oji Toyokuni" (painted on demand by Toyokuni). From an original 19th century (1847) woodcut, Hachimantaro Yoshiie Abe Sadato : Sadato Tsuma Sodehagi' (An actor in the role of Hachiman Taro Yoshiie : An actor in the role of Abe Sadato : An actor in the role of Sodehagi, wife of Sadato), by Utagawa Toyokuni. All Rights Reserved © 2013 padre art
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April 5th, 2013
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