Busteportret van Ichikawa Yaozo III, Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796

Title(s)

Busteportret van Ichikawa Yaozo III

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1956-780

Catalogue reference

• Jap Cat II 150

Description

De acteur Ichikawa Yaozo III in de rol van Umeomaru, patroon van pruimenbloesem op rechter mouw, zwaard in linker hand. Scene uit het toneelstuk Sugawara denju tenarai kagami, opgevoerd in het Miyako-za in 1796.

Artist

• print maker: Utagawa Kunimasa (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Uemura (Emiya) Kichimon (Rankoo) (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

1796

Material

• paper

Technique

nishiki-e / color woodcut

Measurements

height 365 mm × width 235 mm

What

• portrait of actor, actress
• hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

Who

• Ichikawa Yaozo III

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Ministerie van Onderwijs, Kunsten en Wetenschappen

Acquisition

purchase 1956

Copyright

Public domain

• The age of Utamaro : Japanese prints c., 1780-1800, 104, cat.nr. 150