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Ichikawa Danjuro VIII (八代目市川團十郎) as Yosaburo (与三郎) and Nakamura Baiko IV (四代目中村梅幸) as Otomi (お富)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing a man and woman with sea, boats and mountains behind them

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII (八代目市川團十郎) as Yosaburo (与三郎) and Nakamura Baiko IV (四代目中村梅幸) as Otomi (お富)

Date: 7th month, 1854
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.6
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Yonasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)' at Nakamura theatre (中村座).

This print is one from the series Go Sekku no Uchi (五節句之内, the Five Festivals) published to celebrate the healthy growth of girls on Joshi no Sekku (上巳の節句, the Girls’ Day) in Yayoi (弥生, the third month).