Memorial portrait of the actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (Danjûrô VII).

Woodcutter
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
Japan : [s.n.], 1859, 3rd month.
Description
1 item ; sheet 35.7 x 24.2 cm.

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Notes
  • Medium: Nishiki-e (color woodblock print)
  • Format: Ôban tate-e.
  • Item description: This memorial portrait (shini-e) includes an inset with a portrait of the actor’s son, who was the kabuki star Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (1823-54). Danjûrô VIII had committed suicide five years prior to his father’s death. Ebizô V died on th.
  • Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
  • Signed: Ôju Toyokuni ga.
Source acquisition
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
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