PrintsJapanese

Actors Iwai Kumesaburō I as Mikuni Kojorō and Arashi Sanpachi I as the Cormorant Fisherman (Ukai) Kujūrō

1798

Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国Artist

Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八Publisher

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); 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: H. 37.5 × W. 25 cm (14 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

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