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)

Maker

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900)
Hayashi Kichizo (Japanese), publisher

Title

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)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1875

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 36.8 x 24.8 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

85.197.23A

Type

Exhibition History

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I
The Heroic, Bizarre, and Supernatural
Sep 09, 1998 – Dec 06, 1998
Meiji Period Prints from the Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Granoff
Nov 01, 1989 – Jan 31, 1990

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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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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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Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900)
Hayashi Kichizo (Japanese), publisher
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), 1875
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 36.8 x 24.8 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches)
Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff 85.197.23A

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