Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Ōiso no Tora (「大磯のとら」中村富十郎)
Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Ōiso no Tora (「大磯のとら」中村富十郎)

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Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Ōiso no Tora (「大磯のとら」中村富十郎),

ca. 1775–77

after Katsukawa Shunkō, 1793–1812

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1965-38

Information

Title
Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Ōiso no Tora (「大磯のとら」中村富十郎)
Dates

ca. 1775–77

Maker
after Katsukawa Shunkō
Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

31.4 x 15.3 cm. (12 3/8 x 6 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906, for the Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection

Object Number
x1965-38
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures

Signed lower right

Marks/Labels/Seals

Writing in pencil on verso

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints
Materials
ink, paper, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
plum trees, pine trees, figures (representations), rituals (events), iconography, bamboo, women

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