Object details
Accession number
P33w25
Primary Creator
Utagawa Toyokuni
(Tokyo, 1769 - 1825, Tokyo)
Full title
Yamatoya, Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play “Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki,” from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)
Creation Date
1794
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Marks
Signed (right, center): Toyokuni gwa
Dimensions
38.5 x 25.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Display Media
Woodblock print in four colors with karazuri on paper
Dimension Notes
Frame: 59.1 x 43.2 cm (23 1/4 x 17 in.)
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
Vatichino
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