Kabuki Actors: Bando Mitsugorō and Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Toyokuni I, ca. 1800


Kabuki Actors: Bando Mitsugorō and Iwai Hanshirō, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1800, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( x 26 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), Toyokuni employed various figure arrangements—a single actor, or two actors shown standing or from the waist up. Here, two actors occupy almost the entire sheet, which is rare in Toyokuni's theatrical prints


Size: 3853px × 5615px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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