Portrait of Actor Tanazawa as a Young Samurai Committing Suicide
Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(born Edo, Japan, 1798 ; died Japan, 1861)
Datecirca 1850
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/8 x 10 in. (36.5 x 25.4 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Lyon
Terms
- figurative
- Interior
- Woodblock print
Object number1971.129.8
DescriptionSamurai stabbing himself with a sword. There is a scroll on the ground in front of him and a screen with images of lion dogs in the background.On View
Not on view
