The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox Disguised as the Beancake Peddler Hyugaya, in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Kitsune (Heavenly Child - The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777
c. 1777
Accession Number
7593
Medium
Color woodblock print; aiban
Dimensions
32.4 × 23.1 cm (12 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener
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