Actors Kataoka Nizaemon as Akitsushima - 秋津嶋 片岡仁左衛門 (Akitsushima Nizaemon Kataoka)
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(1786 Edo, Japan - 1865 Edo, Japan)
Date1861
Mediumwoodblock print on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.8 × 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, from the collection of Judith Weischel Carr, gift of Peter Eller
Object numberPC2020.5.29.B
DescriptionA color woodblock print (the right print in a triptych) depicting a male figure with his left leg extended and his right leg bent beneath him. In his right hand, the figure holds a sword that extends beyond the frame of the composition. A uniformly blue background frames the scene, with Japanese characters appearing at upper right.On View
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