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Actor In Blue And White Patterned Robe by Toyoknui Ii
Actor In a Blue And White Patterned Robe
Actor In Blue And White Patterned Robe by Toyoknui Ii
Actor In Blue And White Patterned Robe by Toyoknui Ii

Actor In a Blue And White Patterned Robe

Artist (Tokyo, Japan, 1786 - 1865)
Date1859
Mediumcolour woodcut on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPlate Size: Height: 36.5 cm, Width: 24.6 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1955 by Miss Hogarty.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008490
Keywords
About MeThis is one of a series of ten prints which depict contemporary popular actors. The role of the actor is 'Ukiyo Inosuke'. The actor wears informal cotton kimono, or Yukata, for the summer season and holds a towel. Each series has different patterns of three colours gradation with actor's crest in the background. The pattern of three square box in the middle gradation suggests that the actor is from Ichikawa family, the biggest actor's family in Japan.

Signature: Toyokuni-ga
Censor's seal: May, 1859.
More About Me
This colour woodcut on paper is one of a series of ten depicting Japanese actors of the mid-19th century. The role is that of Ukiyo Inosuke, who is dressed in an informal cotton kimono.