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Kabuki Actor
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Kabuki Actor

Date1953
Maker Takumi Shinagawa Japanese, 1908 - 2009
Object number2020.21.2
Provenance[Collecting Japanese Prints, Wilmette, Illinois]; purchased from gallery by Gordon Brodfuehrer, San Diego, California, 2020; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2020
Published ReferencesOliver Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1956), pl. 44.
Credit LineGift of Gordon Brodfuehrer in honor of the Monsen family
Dimensions23 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (59.7 x 38.7 cm)
MediumWoodblock print
First print in Triptych
Three Kabuki Actors
Utagawa Kuniaki
ca. 1860-70
Object number: 2001.20
Kabuki actor in the role of Courtesan reading a letter
Kabuki actor in the role of Courtesan reading a letter
Utagawa Kunisada II
March 1854
Object number: 98.53.63
The Kabuki actors Iwai Eisaburo, Bando Hikosaburo, Ichikawa Ebizo and one other
The Kabuki actors Iwai Eisaburo, Bando Hikosaburo, Ichikawa Ebizo and one other
Utagawa Kunisada II
1849-1850
Object number: 98.53.67
Miura no Osuke portrayed by Ichikawa Danzo IV from the Kabuki play
Miura no Osuke portrayed by Ichikawa Danzo IV from the Kabuki play
Utagawa Yoshikuni
ca. 1828
Object number: 98.53.72
Image Not Available for Actor seated on a shishi representing the bodhisattva Monju (Yaro Monju)
Actor seated on a shishi representing the bodhisattva Monju (Yaro Monju)
Okumura Masanobu
ca 1725 - 30
Object number: 2011.40.4
Image Not Available for The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II holding a miniature palanquin
The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II holding a miniature palanquin
Okumura Toshinobu
ca. 1730
Object number: 2011.40.5
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Actor Onoe Matsutake I in the Role of a Young Woman of Fashion
Ippitsusai Bunchō
1780s
Object number: 2013.31.9
Image Not Available for The Actor Ōtani Hiroji II as Kazusa no Shichirō Kagekiyo
The Actor Ōtani Hiroji II as Kazusa no Shichirō Kagekiyo
Torii Kiyomitsu
ca. 1750
Object number: 2011.40.7
Image Not Available for The Actor Ichiyama Shichizô as Terute-no-hime
The Actor Ichiyama Shichizô as Terute-no-hime
Torii Kiyomitsu
1768
Object number: 2011.40.8
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Actor Nakamura Nakazō I in the Role of a Daimyo's Retainer
Katsukawa Shunkō
1780-85
Object number: 2013.31.8
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III as Kujaku Saburō
Tōshūsai Sharaku
1794
Object number: 2013.31.10
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Actors Hagi no Isaburo and Bando Hikosaburo in a Theatrical Role
Utagawa Toyokuni
ca. 1800-05
Object number: 2014.32.8