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Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V as Ochika by Tsuruya Kōkei — VisualArtsDB

Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V as Ochika

Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V as Ochika

1987

Medium: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions: image, sheet: 15 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (39.21 x 23.97 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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97th design by Kōkei. Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V (b. 1950) as Ochika おちか in the play The Living Koheiji (Ikiteiru Koheiji 生きてゐる小平次), performed at the Kabuki Theater in June of 1987. Koheiji, Takuro, and Ochika are traveling performers. Koheiji is in love with Ochika, the wife of Takuro, and he demands Takuro to give her up.

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