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Toyohara Kunichika

Actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto Yoshitsune), Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu) and Ichikawa Danjurō IX (Taira Tomomori, Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Toyohara Kunichika
  • Hayashi Kichizo

Title

Actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto Yoshitsune), Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu) and Ichikawa Danjurō IX (Taira Tomomori

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Overall: 36.8 x 73.5 cm (14 1/2 x 28 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed in the block,UL sheet | Toyohara Kunichika hitsu

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

85.197.23

Actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto Yoshitsune), Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu) and Ichikawa Danjurō IX (Taira Tomomori

Signature: Signed in the block,UL sheet | Toyohara Kunichika hitsu

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined

December 7, 2018 - May 5, 2019

Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints

December 6, 2002 - March 2, 2003

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I

September 9 - December 6, 1998

Samurai, Soldiers, and Idealized Militarism in Japanese Prints

October 10 - December 1, 1991

Meiji Period Prints from the Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Granoff

November 1, 1989 - January 31, 1990
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Toyohara Kunichika

Kabuki actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (the warrior-monk Musashi Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) and Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu); Ichikawa Danjuro IX (spirit of Taira no Tomomori), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Toyohara Kunichika

Kabuki actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (the warrior-monk Musashi Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) and Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu); Ichikawa Danjuro IX (spirit of Taira no Tomomori), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Toyohara Kunichika

Kabuki actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (the warrior-monk Musashi Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) and Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu); Ichikawa Danjuro IX (spirit of Taira no Tomomori), Edo (Japanese period)
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