PrintsJapanese

Courtesans with Kamuro

Artists

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

36.4 x 25.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

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Evening Snow at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no yosetsu) - Actors and Courtesans Getting on a Boat

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Eggplants in Basket

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Burned Pagoda

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Actor Nakamura Sukegorō 2nd as Kaminari Shōkurō in the play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, performed at the Nakamura Theater from the second month of 1780

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as I no Hayata (from a set of three spring kyōka surimono)

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Priest Saigyō Travelling on Horseback

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