歌川国貞画 七代目市川団十郎の荒獅子男之助|Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Arajishi Otokonosuke
1829
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper; shikishiban
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (21 × 18.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Tapper Goldman, 2013
Accession Number
2013.1126.1
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Kunisada · 1786–1864
**Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)** Born in 1786 in the Honjo district of Edo (modern Tokyo), Utagawa Kunisada hailed from a family with a hereditary ferry-boat service that provided financial stability, allowing him to pursue art from a young age. His father, an amateur poet of note, died shortly after his birth, leaving young Sumida Shōgorō (Kunisada's childhood name) to nurture his evident talent...