Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)

Q: When was "Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)" created?

This artwork was created c. 1820.

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

c. 1820

Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left) by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Medium

Color woodblock prints; shikishiban triptych, surimono

Dimensions

20.8 × 18.1 cm (right), 21.0 × 18.2 cm (center), 20.8 × 18.0 cm (left)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

182348

About the Artist

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) · 1786–1864

Utagawa Kunisada I, also known as Toyokuni III (1786–1865), was born Sumida Shōgorō in the Honjo district of Edo (modern Tokyo) into a family that operated a hereditary ferry-boat service, providing stability after his father's early death. Displaying prodigious talent in drawing from childhood, he became an apprentice to the master Utagawa Toyokuni I around 1801 at age fifteen, entering the prest...

Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)

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