Kabuki Actor with a Fan
Utagawa Kunisada
1820s -1840s
Medium
woodblock print on Japanese paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.04 × 25.4 cm (14 3/16 × 10 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lin Lougheed
Accession Number
2015.146.1
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...