Bust portrait of the actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in his role of the swordmaker Hanshichi

Details

• Title

  Bust portrait of the actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in his role of the swordmaker Hanshichi

• Series

  Mirror of Actors in the Present Time

• Artist/maker

  Utagawa Kunisada (1823 - 1880) (designer)

• Associated people

  Tsutaya Kichizō (active c. 1820 - 1890) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1838

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 55.5 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
  sheet 36.5 x 24.7 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1983.41

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