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Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
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UtagawaToyokuniLoveSuicideKabukiWoodcutCA1800, Murataya Jirōbei, Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami, Suketakaya Takasuke II, Iwai Hanshirō V, Art of Japan in the Chazen Museum of Art, Actor prints by Utagawa Toyokuni I
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UtagawaToyokuniLoveSuicideKabukiWoodcutCA1800, Woodcut print ''Actors Iwai Kumesaburō I and Ichikawa Yaozō III as Ohan and Chōemon'', by Japanese artist Utagawa Toyokuni, circa 1800; owned by the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; a rare, oversized print format called "nagaban". It shows the two principle characters of the popular kabuki play ''Love Suicide of Ohan and Chōemon at the Katsura River''". The play is about a true story of a doomed relationship between a 38-year-old silk merchant and his 14-year-old neighbor.
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歌川豊国LoveSuicideKabukiWoodcutCA1800、村田屋次郎兵衛、桂川連理のしからみ、助高屋高助、五代目岩井半四郎、茶前美術館の日本の美術、歌川豊国による役者版画
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歌川豊国LoveSuicideKabukiWoodcutCA1800、版画「初代岩井亀三郎と市川八百蔵のお半と長右衛門」、日本のアーティスト、歌川豊国、1800年頃、ウィスコンシン大学マディソン校の茶泉美術館所蔵。「長判」と呼ばれる珍しいサイズのオーバーサイズの印刷形式。人気歌舞伎「桂川お半と長右衛門」の2つの大筋を表わす。作中では38歳の絹商人と14歳の隣人という、破滅的な関係の話が語られる。
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unnecessarily character actor