Image
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)
Description
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)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
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
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff
Object Number
85.197.23C
About
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)
Signature: Signed in the block,UL sheet | Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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