Utagawa Kunisada
Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Gosho no Gorozo

ArtistJapanese, 1786–1864
Block carverJapanese
PublisherJapanese, active 19th century
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Gosho no Gorozo
  • from the series Heroic Commoners in Kabuki (Rien kyokaku den)
Date1864 (Bunkyu 4/Genji 1), 4th month
PlaceJapan
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsBlock: 14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (36.5 × 24.9 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (36.5 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in honor of Roger Keele and Billy Hunter
Object number2006.615
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenancePurchased from Japan Print Gallery (William O’Rorke), London, June 13, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Illegible script on verso upper third of the sheet - one pencil, one in ink.
Signed "nanajukyu sai Toyokuni hitsu" (Drawn by 78 year-old Toyokuni)

Toshidama seal flanked by publisher, carver (hori Ota Tashichi), and a combined aratame/date (I VIII [8/1863])
Catalogue raisonnéN82

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