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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.3.3
People
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
Title
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 8th (One of Three Kabuki Actors)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Ichikawa Danjūrō 8
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1855-1860
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211385

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
36.2 x 25 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Toyokuni ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Philip Hofer Fund for the Purchase of Asian Art
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
1988.3.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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