Actor Nakajima Wadaemon (中嶋和田右衛門), from the book “Actors in Their Dressing Rooms” (Yakusha gakuya tsū 似貌絵本俳優楽屋通)
Actor Nakajima Wadaemon (中嶋和田右衛門), from the book “Actors in Their Dressing Rooms” (Yakusha gakuya tsū 似貌絵本俳優楽屋通)
Actor Nakajima Wadaemon (中嶋和田右衛門), from the book “Actors in Their Dressing Rooms” (Yakusha gakuya tsū 似貌絵本俳優楽屋通)
Actor Nakajima Wadaemon (中嶋和田右衛門), from the book “Actors in Their Dressing Rooms” (Yakusha gakuya tsū 似貌絵本俳優楽屋通)

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Actor Nakajima Wadaemon (中嶋和田右衛門), from the book “Actors in Their Dressing Rooms” (Yakusha gakuya tsū 似貌絵本俳優楽屋通),

1799 [Kansei 11], 1st month

Utagawa Kunimasa 歌川国政, 1773–1810
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
1996-218

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Title
Actor Nakajima Wadaemon (中嶋和田右衛門), from the book “Actors in Their Dressing Rooms” (Yakusha gakuya tsū 似貌絵本俳優楽屋通)
Dates

1799 [Kansei 11], 1st month

Maker
Utagawa Kunimasa 歌川国政
Medium
Woodblock print (kōban format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 14.5 x 10.7 cm. (5 11/16 x 4 3/16 in.) sheet: 17.5 x 12.4 cm. (6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne van Biema
Object Number
1996-218
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Kunimasa ga 国政画
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, koban, woodblock prints
Materials
koban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
men, portraits

–1996 Anne van Biema collection (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1996.

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