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Polytych: Suikoden gohen
(Japan and Korea )
One memorable day in 1850, the virtuoso actor Onoe Tamizo II exhibited his talents as a quick-change artist, appearing in turn (from right) as a ceremonial dancer, a drunken servant, a young girl with an insect cage, a Chinese dancer, and a fisherman wrestling a carp.
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Provenance
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Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
each panel: 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.733