Actor Nakamura Utaemon III in one of his great stage hits. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1812.

  • Utagawa Toyokuni I
Date:
[1812?]
Reference:
35369i
  • Pictures

About this work

Description

The character is a precocious youth; writing brushes, ink cakes and ink stones decorate his long sleeves; the cartouche is a wound scroll.

The actor was based in Osaka but often performed in Edo

Whole-length figures

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [1812?]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Contributors

Lettering

Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal, actor's name and actor's role

Reference

Wellcome Collection 35369i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

Library members:
Item requesting is temporarily unavailable while we perform maintenance work and will be available again from 10am on Tuesday 6 October.
  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link