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Two Japanese men in opposite corners of the print look intensely at each other.

An older man with expressive frowning face is seen head and shoulders framed by a boarder He looks down intensely at his son, a young man in the lower left corner who’s squatting in an action pose, gripping a rolled scroll in his right hand, looking up towards his father. Both wear decorative Japanese robes and have dark hair. The background is a gradation of light green at the bottom into deep blue at the top. Vertical calligraphy is rendered in metallic in pigment on the upper left. More calligraphy and artist seal in lower right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1502
People
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
Title
Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VII and His Son Ichikawa Ebizō VI (Danjūrō VIII)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
c. 1830
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207780

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban format: H. 21.2 cm x W. 18.6 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.1502
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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