Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) 俳優相貎鏡

Creator Name

Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1804

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

illustrated books

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Title

Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) 俳優相貎鏡

Creator

Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世, Japanese, 1769–1825, Artist

Worktype

Illustrated Books

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

each: 10 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (26.5 × 18 cm);
height: 26.5centimetre;
width: 18centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1804

Provenance

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

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Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Portraits; Actors

Topic

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Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世, Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) 俳優相貎鏡, 1804, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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