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Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era), Performed at the Miyako Theater from the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month, 1794

A work made of color woodblock print; aiban; mica background.
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  • A work made of color woodblock print; aiban; mica background.

Date:

c. 1794

Artist:

Katsukawa Shun’ei
Japanese, 1762-1819

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Status

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Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Title

Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era), Performed at the Miyako Theater from the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month, 1794

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1789–1799

Medium

Color woodblock print; aiban; mica background

Dimensions

31.9 × 22 cm (12 9/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1942.106

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