Ichikawa Ebizō V (Danjūrō VII), Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Ichikawa Ebizō V (Danjūrō VII)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Ichikawa Ebizō V (Danjūrō VII)
Ichikawa Ebizō V (Danjūrō VII)
mid 1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1797–1861
Ichikawa Ebizō V (Danjūrō VII), mid 1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 211 x 185 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 83 1/16 x 72 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 0000.1471
Not on display
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Archive Label date unknown: Ebizō wears the stylish costume of a wealthy patron in th eYoshiwara entertainment quarter. The picture is the left panel of a triptych in which three actors are set against a bright pattern of purple clouds and flecks of color imitating a type of prepared ground sometimes used for polychrome painting. No other impression of this panel is presently known.