Nakamura Utaemon III holds bonsai tree, Utagawa Toyokuni (I), c. 1808

Title(s)

Nakamura Utaemon III holds bonsai tree

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2017-6114

Description

Kabuki acteur Nakamura Utaemon III in de rol van Nanba Jirô, zittend met in zijn handen een bonsai boompje.

Artist

• print maker: Utagawa Toyokuni (I) (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Harimaya Shinshichi (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

c. Nov-1808

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 375 mm × width 256 mm

What

• topiary work (shrubs and trees trimmed and trained into ornamental shape); bonsai, espalliered, etc.
• sitting figure
• actor (on the stage)

Credit line

• Gift of H.J. Herwig and A.H. Herwig-Kempers

Acquisition

gift 31-Dec-2017

Copyright

Public domain