Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Oboshi Yuranosuke and Iwai Kumesaburo III as Oboshi Rikiya Yoshikane on his hands and knees before him, from the 1847 performance of the play ‘Kanadehon Chushingura’ at the Nakamura Theatre in Edo.
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Print artist:   Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)</div>
1847<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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