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Nakamara Utaemon III (三代目 中村歌右ヱ門) as Toba-e (鳥羽絵, a Comic Drawing)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing man in loin cloth chasing bird shaped kite

Nakamara Utaemon III (三代目 中村歌右ヱ門) as Toba-e (鳥羽絵, a Comic Drawing)

Date: 1825
Dimensions:
380 x 763 mm (all)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.6.3
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Yosete Arata ni Kokono Bake (日本新玉九尾化).'

This scene is an extract from the series Dance of Nine Changes Kokonobake no Uchi (九変化ノ内).

Toba-e (鳥羽絵) is one of the styles of ukiyo-e seen from the Edo to Meiji periods. It caricatures in an abbreviated style.