Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi)

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi) by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Medium

Color woodblock print; surimono

Dimensions

42.2 × 19.6 cm (16 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Classification

print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

81302

About the Artist

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) · 17861864

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...

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