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(Japan and Korea )
The play depicted in this print has not yet been identified, but the two actors here could be husband and wife, or innkeeper and guest. The double-portrait format is unusual; Hirosada's half-length portraits ("okubi-e") usually feature just an individual actor.
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Provenance
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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
Geographies
Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (23.5 x 18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986
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.
95.98