Woodblock print

Description

Colour woodblock print, depicting the kabuki actor Bando Takesaburo I as Chadoguya Tsurukichi, in the play Kasumi iro tsurete hitomure, performed at the Kawarasaki-za as a curtain-raiser to the main play, Shiranui monogatari: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Museum reference

K.1999.485

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786 - 1864
Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia

Date

1853

Materials

Paper

Associations

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786 - 1864

References

Mackintosh & Others: Aspects of the George Smith collection (Hunterian Art Gallery, 1988), no. 34