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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); , 1875

Description

Maker

  • Toyohara Kunichika, 1835-1900, Japanese
  • 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);

Year

1875

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in the block,UL sheet | Toyohara Kunichika hitsu

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

85.197.23C

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I

September 9 - December 6, 1998

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

November 1, 1989 - January 31, 1990

Related

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, 1875

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); , 1875

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); , 1875

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