Name: ACTORS AT NIGHT BESIDE A BRIDGE
Brand: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Price: 600.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Actors at Night beside a Bridge
Five actors stand on a riverbank at night

Woodblock printed pentaptych, each sheet signed Toyokuni ga, published by Shimizuya Naojiro, 1853 (Kaei 6), 6th month
Vertical oban pentaptych (each sheet approx. 36.2 x 24.3 cm.)

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This impressive 5-sheet design features the actors Bando Shuka I as Konjin Chogoro (R), Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Honcho Tsunagoro (CR), Iwai Kumesaburo III as Hanaregoma no Chokichi (C), Bando Takesaburo I as Maboroshi Takeemon (CL), and Arashi Rikan III as Kanoko Kanbei (L), on a riverbank at night.

For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.42147a-e, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/actors-band%C3%B4-sh%C3%BBka-i-as-konjin-ch%C3%B4gor%C3%B4-r-ichikawa-danj%C3%BBr%C3%B4-viii-as-honch%C3%B4-tsunagor%C3%B4-cr-iwai-kumesabur%C3%B4-iii-as-hanaregoma-no-ch%C3%B4kichi-c-band%C3%B4-takesabur%C3%B4-i-as-maboroshi-takeemon-cl-and-arashi-rikan-iii-as-kanoko-kanbei-l-476128