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The actor Morita Kan'ya, from the series "Pictures and Calligraphy of Kabuki Actors-Poets (Haika shoga kyodai)"

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Date:

c. 1847/50

Artist:

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Japanese, 1786-1864

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Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Title

The actor Morita Kan'ya, from the series "Pictures and Calligraphy of Kabuki Actors-Poets (Haika shoga kyodai)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1842–1855

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia Hyland

Reference Number

1971.854

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