Three Actors on Stage: Kumagai Naozane
Utagawa Kunisada
1858
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Each: 14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (36.2 x 25.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985
Accession Number
JP3684a–c
Tags
Human FiguresBirdsPerformanceActors
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...