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Actor Portraits (from the series Ancient and Modern: The Nakamura Lineage)

Actor Portraits (from the series Ancient and Modern: The Nakamura Lineage)

Maker (Japanese, 1786-1864)
DateLate 19th century
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsSheet: 13 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (34.8 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Brooks McCormick Jr. Collection of Japanese Prints
Object number2015.281
Object TypePrints
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Actor Portraits (from the series Ancient and Modern: The Nakamura Lineage)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
Late 19th century
Actor as Chōjiya Chōbei (from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style - Imayō oshi-e kagami)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1860
The Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Fuwa Banzaemon, in the Play "Tsuru wa haru Tosa-e no Sayaate" (Cranes in the New Year and Rivalry through Tosa Paintings) (from the series Record of Fashionable Holographs - Tosei Jihatsu Roku)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1861
A Selection of Four Actors from the Series ''Pictures from the Peerless Toyokuni"
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1862
A Selection of Four Actors from the Series ''Pictures from the Peerless Toyokuni"
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1862
A Selection of Four Actors from the Series ''Pictures from the Peerless Toyokuni"
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1862
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as the Warrior Uesugi Kagekatsu, in the play "Honcho Niju-shi Ko" (Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety), performed at the Ichimura-za theater, Edo, from the 17th Day of the Ninth Month of 1861 (from the series Mirror of Contemporary Holographs - Tosei Jihitsu Kagami)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1861
The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Fuwa Banzaemon, in the Play "Datekurabe Uwasa no Sayaate" (Comparison of Dandyism: Rivalry through Rumors) (From the series Satirical Theme of Poets and Artists - Haika Shoga Kyodai)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1851
Actor as Yamaneko Sanji, from the series Current Patterns of the Underworld (Jidai moyō ataru shiranami)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1859
Actor, from the series Current Patterns of the Underworld (Jidai moyō ataru shiranami)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1859
Kisshin medetai muneage no zu (A Roof-raising Ceremony on an Auspicious Day): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Shikan IV (right), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (center), Ichikawa Ichizô III, and Onoe Baikô 4.5 (later Jitsukawa Enjaku I) (left)
Kisshin medetai muneage no zu (A Roof-raising Ceremony on an Auspicious Day): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Shikan IV (right), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (center), Ichikawa Ichizô III, and Onoe Baikô 4.5 (later Jitsukawa Enjaku I) (left)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1860, 9th month
Iga Province: Karaki Masaemon, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nihon rokujûyoshû no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1845