Utagawa Toyokuni II (二代目歌川豊国) (artist 1777 – 1835)

Bust portrait of Onoe Kikugorō III [三代目尾上菊五郎]

Print

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Date:1828 – 1829
Dimensions:10.375 in x 15.25 in (Overall dimensions) Medium:Japanese woodblock print
Inscription:Signed: Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Publisher: Echizenya Kihei
(Marks 47? - seal closest to 01-052)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Links Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - an onnagata print from this series
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - another onnagata print from this series
Waseda University - Ichikawa Danjūrō VII
Lyon Collection - another copy of this print Description:Mike Lyon owns two copies of this print. See also #1283.

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The poem was written by Jippensha Ikku (十返舎 一九: 1765-1831).

There is another copy of this print at Ritsumeikan University, but listed as by an unknown artist.

Related entities Onoe Kikugorō III (三代目尾上菊五郎: 11/1815-3/1848) (actor)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Echizenya Kihei (越前屋喜兵隊) (publisher)

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