The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863) as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series "Thieves in Designs of the Time"

Artist:Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Medium: Color woodblock print on paper

Geograhical Locations:

• Japan

Dates:1859

Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm)

Collections:

• Asian Art

Exhibitions:

• Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900

Accession Number: 76.151.28

Image: 76.151.28_PS1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Page from the series entitled "Jidai Mo Iu Ataru Shiranami" in Japanese series ("Notorious Thieves of the Day"). The thief Kumokiri Nin Sayeimon (?) shown seated on a wood chest with a smoking pipe in his mouth, a tabacco pouch in his right hand and his left hand drawn across his chest to hold a tie-dyed cloth at the back of his neck. The figure is dressed in a short dark coat with a design of a rampant dragon and wears thongs on his feet. Condition: Good. Needed to be rematted, but was rematted on 6/1/79.

Brooklyn Museum