Sawamura Tanosuke as Oboshi Rikiya, Kataoka Gadō as Oboshi Yuranosuke - 大星力弥 沢村田之助」「大星由良之助 片岡我童 (Ōboshi rikiya sawamura tanosuke, ōboshi yuranosuke kataoka gadō)
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(1786 Edo, Japan - 1865 Edo, Japan)
Date19th century
Mediumwoodblock print on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (37.1 × 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, from the collection of Judith Weischel Carr, gift of Peter Eller
Object numberPC2020.5.22
DescriptionA color woodblock print of two male figures crouched on a green floor. The figure in the background bows with both hands on the ground and looks downward. The figure in the foreground looks upward, beyond a small plant to his right. The hilts of two swords (or a sword and a dagger) can be seen resting on the ground behind him, with their blades extending beyond the frame of the composition.On View
Not on viewToyohara Kunichika
1872
Utagawa Kunisada
19th century
ca. 1870