PrintsJapanese

Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): Onoe Kikujirō II as Besshitsu Fuji no kata (center sheet)

1851, 8th month

Artists

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞Artist

Shimizuya TsunejirôPublisher

Description

Center sheet of triptych.

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Vertical ōban; 35.5 x 23.6 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.)

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