Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kitsune Tadanobu, in the play Yoshitsune senbon zakura (The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitsune)

Creator Name

Gyokuryūtei (Ryūsai) Shigeharu

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1830

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Woodblock print

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Title

Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kitsune Tadanobu, in the play Yoshitsune senbon zakura (The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitsune)

Creator

Gyokuryūtei (Ryūsai) Shigeharu, Japanese, 1803–1853, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban; Image (each): 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.8 × 24.8 cm);
height: 36.830074centimetre;
width: 24.765049centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1830

Provenance

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

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Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Actors

Topic

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Gyokuryūtei (Ryūsai) Shigeharu, Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kitsune Tadanobu, in the play Yoshitsune senbon zakura (The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitsune), 1830, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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