Actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Ushiwakamura and Actor Sawamura Tanosuke as Princess Minazuro (Miazuru-hime)
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(born Edo, Japan, 1786; died Edo, Japan, 1865)
Date1861
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Lyon
Terms
- figurative
- portraiture
- Woodblock print
Object number1971.127.3 A-B
DescriptionTwo part print (diptych). One print shows a half-length portrait of an actor with sword at his waist looking over his shoulder and holding a small box with a leaf design. Three large flowers at left center and a checkered border along the top. The other side is a female figure in an elaborately patterned kimono and decorative headdress. Three large flowers at right center and a checkerboard along the top.On View
Not on view
Utagawa Toyokuni
late 1810s
circa 1785
Utagawa Kunisada
circa 1850
