Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sekitori Shirafuji Genta, Iwai Shijaku I as Nakamachi Geisha Kohina, and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Date Yokichi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Caption

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798–1861). Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sekitori Shirafuji Genta, Iwai Shijaku I as Nakamachi Geisha Kohina, and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Date Yokichi, ca. 1841–1842. Woodblock print, Left sheet: 14 x 19 1/2 in. (35.6 x 49.5 cm) Center: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm) Right sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (36.8 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jane E. Affelder, 79.34.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sekitori Shirafuji Genta, Iwai Shijaku I as Nakamachi Geisha Kohina, and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Date Yokichi

Date

ca. 1841–1842

Period

Edo period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Woodblock print

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Left sheet: 14 x 19 1/2 in. (35.6 x 49.5 cm) Center: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm) Right sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (36.8 x 26.7 cm)

Signatures

Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga 一勇斎国芳画

Markings

Censor's seal: kiwame極 Publisher: unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Jane E. Affelder

Accession Number

79.34

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