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Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864

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  • A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
  • A young female role actor performing a butterfly dance. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Four actors as ruffians against a check background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • Three actors in a confrontation before a gravestone by the sea. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • An actor as ruffian Tsuribune no Sabu, full face, revealing his tattoos. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    An actor as Kumago Naozane before a station on Tokaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

    Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864. | Date: Month 5, 1852 | Reference: 36011i
    • Pictures

    Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō) as a Buddhist abbot holding a fan in the snow. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.

    Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864. | Date: 1858 | Reference: 35957i
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    Iwai Shijaku and Ichikawa Kyūzō on their way to a temple in the environs of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830s.

    Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864. | Date: [between 1830 and 1839] | Reference: 35649i
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    An enactment of a court scene: five actor musicians perform before a dais on which actors as an emperor and empress are seated. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1851.

    Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864. | Date: 1847/1851 | Reference: 35869i
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    Actor Segawa Kikunojō V as a young lover pulling on a woman's sash. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1828.

    Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864. | Date: [1828?] | Reference: 35923i
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