Utagawa Toyokuni I: Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e 役者舞台之姿絵 (Pictures of Actors on the Stage) - British Museum

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I

Title: Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e 役者舞台之姿絵 (Pictures of Actors on the Stage)

Date: 1794

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Colour woodblock print. oban. Portrait of the kabuki actor Arashi Ryuzo II of the ‘Toraya’ acting house as the footman (‘yakko’) Ukiyo Matahei in the play ‘Keisei sanbon karakasa’ (けいせい三本傘), performed at the Miyako theatre in the 7th month of 1794.

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