Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki

Creator Name

Utagawa Kuniyasu

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

ca. 1823

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Title

Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki

Creator

Utagawa Kuniyasu, Japanese, 1794–1834, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Triptych of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Triptych, each: 7 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (18.4 x 21.3 cm);
height: 18.415centimetre;
width: 21.2725centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

ca. 1823

Provenance

Purchase, Jack Greene Gift, 2001

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Women; Actors

Topic

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Utagawa Kuniyasu, Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki, ca. 1823, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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