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Maker(s):Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III); Matsumura Tatsuemon, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1786–1864); Japanese (active ca. 1793–1832)
Title:The Actor Onoe Kikugorō III as Shidzuka in an unidentified kabuki play
Date Made:ca. 1828
Type:Print
Materials:polychrome woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 14 1/2 in x 10 in; 36.8 cm x 25.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.225
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
one panel of vertical ōban triptych; yakusha-e; nishiki-e

Label Text:
This print is signed at lower left "Gototei Kunisada ga" ('drawn by Gototei Kunisada') and bears a circular kiwame censor's seal. The triple-peaked mountain seal with the character "Matsu" is that of publisher Matsumura Tatsuemon, who issued many series by Kunisada from ca. 1818–1831.

Tags:
kabuki; figures; costume; kimonos; flowers; botanical illustration; swords; set design; stairs; curtains

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