Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)

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Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの),

6th month of 1812

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国), artist, 1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Eijudō 永寿堂), publisher
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2021-101

Information

Title
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a Shibaraku Role, in the series Actor Puzzles (Yakusha hanjimono 役者はんじもの)
Dates

6th month of 1812

Maker
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国) , artist
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Eijudō 永寿堂) , publisher
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
38.1 × 25.7 cm (15 × 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2021-101
Signatures
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画
Marks/Labels/Seals
Censer seals: “kiwame” 極 (approved), round relief “gyōji” triangular relief seal of Yamaguchiya Tōbei 山口屋藤兵衛 (act. ca. 1784-1868)
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
relief prints, prints
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink, colorant
Techniques
relief printing
Subject
figures (representations), actors, men

–2021 Sebastian Izzard LLC, Asian Art, (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

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