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Print commemorating the death of Segawa Kikunojyo
Kuniyasu1832
Bujalance Collection
Spain
These types of prints are called Shini-e (死絵) "death commemorative prints", also known as "death pictures" or "death portraits", which usually commemorated the death of very popular actors from the Kabuki theater.
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- Title: Print commemorating the death of Segawa Kikunojyo
- Creator: Utagawa Kuniyasu
- Date Created: 1832
- Location Created: Japan
- Physical Dimensions: 36 × 26 cm
- Type: Print
- Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
- External Link: Bujalance Collection
- Medium: Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e)
- Art Genre: Kabuki actor portrait
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