The actor Nakamura Fukusuke as Hayano Kanpei.

Printmaker
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
Japan : [s.n.], 1859, 5th month.
Description
1 item ; sheet 35.7 x 24.2 cm.

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Special Collections - Graphic Arts Collection GA 2008.01175 E Row 1/GC063/Box 04/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    • Medium: Nishiki-e (color woodblock print)
    • Format: Ôban tate-e triptych.
    • Item description: Performed in the drama Hana ayame iroha jikki at the Nakamuraza Theater in Edo. Hana ayame iroha jikki is a play based on the story of Chûshingura, or the Forty-seven Masterless Samurai.
    • Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
    • Signed: Toyokuni ga.
    • Item description: Right sheet of a triptych.
    Source acquisition
    Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
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