Caption:
The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 27.8 x 13.8 cm (10 15/16 x 5 7/16 in.) (trimmed) (right); 27.8 x 14 cm (10 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.) (trimmed) (left). Color woodblock print; diptych; illustrations from the later edition of the book Ehon Butai Ogi. Origin: Japan.