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Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa kō, Azuma Ichinojō I as Kashitsuki Sugibae (right sheet), Onoe Kikujirō II as Besshitsu Fuji no kata (center sheet), unidentified actor as Koshimoto Kodemari, and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Ashikaga Jirō no kimi (left sheet)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞LinkedCulture matchlcp-c72939ad6c3c

Date: 1851, 8th month
Medium: Woodblock-printed triptych; ink and color on paper
Culture: Japanese
Department: Department of Asian Art
Institution: Harvard Art Museums
Object ID: 31252

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A traditional Japanese scene featuring women in elaborate kimonos playing musical instruments.

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