Akatsuki Hoshigorô with bat cap, Toyohara Kunichika, 1864

Title(s)

Akatsuki Hoshigorô with bat cap

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2019-241

Description

De bandiet Akatsuki Hoshigorô (hier vertolkt door kabuki acteur Nakamura Fukusuke I) met beide handen om zwaard en vleermuis kap op zijn hoofd.

Artist

• print maker: Toyohara Kunichika (mentioned on object)
• Katada Chôjirô (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

May-1864

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 360 mm × width 247 mm

What

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

Credit line

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

Acquisition

gift 4-Nov-2019

Copyright

Public domain