Who created "The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I"?

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I was created by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) in 1849.

What medium is "The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I"?

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I is Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left: 1937.272b).

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

1849

Medium

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left: 1937.272b)

Dimensions

36.7 × 25.3 cm (14 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Diptych: 36.7 × 50.9 cm (14 7/16 × 20 in.)

Classification

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

23934

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...

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I

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