An actor as Kumago Naozane before a station on Tokaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
Date:
Month 5, 1852
Reference:
36011i
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About this work

Description

Portrait of an unidentified actor as Kumagao Naozone; the river bank in the background serves to remind the viewer of his confrontation with young Prince Atsumori by the sea

Half-length figures

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 5, 1852.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Toyokuni-ga Bears censor's seal, actor's role and set title

Notes

From the series of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō highway

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36011i

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