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Puppeteer Yoshida Senshi’s New Quick-change Play at Yūki Theater

Utagawa Kunisada

Artwork Details

Puppeteer Yoshida Senshi’s New Quick-change Play at Yūki Theater
1832
Utagawa Kunisada
woodblock print on paper and wood mount
19 in x 41 ¾ in x ¾ in (48.26 cm x 106.04 cm x 1.91 cm)
Gift of Sharlynn and Andrew Circo, in memory of Sotokichi Katsuizumi
2015/2.157.2

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Description

Subject Matter:

This set of three prints shows a puppeteer Yoshida Senshi in the middle, playing two characters. One on the left is Oiwa, from a ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan, and the other on the right is Nikki Danjō from Meiboku Sendai Hagi (Troubles of the Date Clan). The left print has a scene from Yotsuya Kaidan, and the right print has a scene from Meiboku Sendai Hagi.

Physical Description:

Image of three figures wearing blue, tan, red, and brown robes. The center figure is a puppeteer. The puppet of the female on the left is looking to its right, and the puppet on the right in the center and on the right are looking to their left. 

This is the center print of a triptych (with 2015/2.157.1 and 2015/2.157.3).

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