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Nakamura Karoku [I], as the wife, …

Utagawa Kunisada

Artwork Details

Nakamura Karoku [I], as the wife, …
1827-1832
Utagawa Kunisada
woodblock print on paper
14 3/16 in. x 10 1/8 in. ( 36 cm x 25.7 cm )
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.438

Description

Subject Matter:

Very little is known about actor Namakura Karoku I.  He was born in 1781 and held the name Karoku from 1804 until his death in 1859.

Physical Description:

The woman in this print sits below a bare tree branch.  She wears a blue robe with white swirls and an outer robe with blue and orange leaves.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunisada ga; Publisher’s seal: Kawashō han; Censor’s seal: kiwame; Nyōbō O[undeciphered characters], Nakamura Karoku

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