Fuwa Banzaemon - 不波伴左衛門
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(1786 Edo, Japan - 1865 Edo, Japan)
Date1861
Mediumwoodblock print on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.5 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, from the collection of Judith Weischel Carr, gift of Peter Eller
Object numberPC2020.5.18
DescriptionA color woodblock print of an actor wearing a colorful patterned robe and seated on a low bed to the right of a rice paper screen. The actor is portraying Fuwa Banzaemon, a literary character who rivalry with Nagoya Sanzaburo for the love of Katsuragi, a courtesan, is told in "The Tale of Nagoya Sanzaburo."On View
Not on view
Utagawa Kunisada
19th century
