Actors as a kneeling old man, Chūsuke, offering a packet to a standing ruffian, Kirare Yosa. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
Date:
Month 11, 1856
Reference:
35855i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Available online

view Actors as a kneeling old man, Chūsuke, offering a packet to a standing ruffian, Kirare Yosa. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Actors as a kneeling old man, Chūsuke, offering a packet to a standing ruffian, Kirare Yosa. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Description

The scene is set in a street; the ruffian's body is marked with scars from sword fights and he wears a coarse robe. The old man is carrying clothes inside a large straw hat

Whole-length figures

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 11, 1856.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Contributors

Lettering

Utagawa Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title Poem in the inset above with a bat, letter and basket as illustration

Notes

Parody of thirty-six selected verses

Reference

Wellcome Collection 35855i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link