Utagawa Kuniyoshi: fan-print - British Museum

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title: fan-print

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Source: British Museum
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Woodblock print, uncut uchiwa fan print. Head and shoulders of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Matsuwaka Maru, a part he performed at the Nakamura theater in the second month of Kokwa 3 (1847) in the play Usuyuki, ornately gowned with yellow straw at the shoulders, holding part of the gown, with ducks swimming in the background.

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