Fourteen Actors

Creator Name

Utagawa Kuniyoshi;
Wakagiya Yoichi

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

1840-1842 (late Edo)

Source

Walters Art Museum

About the work

Walters Art Museum Object Description

The print supplies the names of the Kabuki-theatre actors. Originally there were even more figures--this print was once part of a triptych.

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Title

Fourteen Actors

Creator

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, male;
Wakagiya Yoichi

Worktype

Prints; woodblock prints

Cultural Context

Japanese

Material

mulberry paper, pigments

Dimensions

13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in. (35.24 x 24.29 cm)

Technique

Language

Date

1840-1842 (late Edo)

Provenance

given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.; C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.

Style Period

Utagawa School

Rights

CC0; GNU Free Documentation License

Inscription

[Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga

Location

Source

Walters Art Museum

Subject

Topic

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Fourteen Actors, 1840-1842 (late Edo), Walters Art Museum. CC0, GNU Free Documentation License.

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