Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi

Cleveland Museum of Art

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi

Date
c. 1868–1943
Medium
color woodblock print
Culture
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period (1926–89)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This unsigned work shows two actors portraying the "based on real events" story of ill-fated lovers. It may have been inspired by the work of print designer Kitagawa Utamaro on the same theme.

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