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Actor as a commoner hero. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1860.
- Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
- Date
- 1860
- Reference
- 35980i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Half-length figures
The pattern of the cloth used to make the kimono is rendered with great care
Publication/Creation
Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1860.
Physical description
1 print : woodcut, printed in colours
Contributors
Lettering note
Bears publisher's mark, block cutter's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title
The series title is in the elaborate cartouche; the poem is inscribed in the roundel
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 35980i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Japanese