Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Actor as Bijomaru


「美女丸」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847-1852

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.6 x 23.6 cm (13 5/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of David T. Owsley
Accession Number65.1725
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://www.kuniyoshiproject.com/Actor%20triptychs%201849,%20Part%20II%20(2-3).htm
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
Right sheet: Actor as Iga Jutarô.
Left sheet: Actors as Araimaru and Tatsuyasha-hime.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome (?)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込ヵ
彫師:なし
Provenance1965, gift of David T. Owsley, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 1965)