Utagawa Toyokuni I
Seki Sanjuro as Obiya Choemon and Ichikawa Denzo as Ohan of the Shinonoya from the Kabuki Drama Katsuragawa renri no shigarami (Love Suicide of Ohan and Choemon at the Katsura River)

Seki Sanjuro as Obiya Choemon and Ichikawa Denzo as Ohan of the Shinonoya from the Kabuki Drama Katsuragawa renri no shigarami (Love Suicide of Ohan and Choemon at the Katsura River)

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Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)Japanese, 1769–1825

CultureJapanese

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Seki Sanjuro as Obiya Choemon and Ichikawa Denzo as Ohan of the Shinonoya from the Kabuki Drama Katsuragawa renri no shigarami (Love Suicide of Ohan and Choemon at the Katsura River)

Datec. 1810

PlaceJapan

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper

DimensionsSheet: 14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (36.5 × 24.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton

Object number2006.378

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Asian Art

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ProvenanceCount Frederick W. von Ganggrebe, from an album of actor prints by Toyokuni I acquired around 1900, reportedly sometime German ambassador to Tokyo; to Ronin Gallery (Roni Neuer), New York, New York, March 6, 2006, purchase.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

insc verso, lower edge, in graphite: "R04527 RG06"

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Censor's seal: Kiwame
Inventory Number R04527-s

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