Historic Framed Print, [Portraits of actors, often playing roles] - 2, 17-7/8" x 21-7/8"

Historic Framed Print, [Portraits of actors, often playing roles] - 2, 17-7/8" x 21-7/8", Image: 16" x 20"

Beautiful historic reproduction print from the Library of Congress collections.

Created between 1860 and 1866 (seal date: 18607) Title and other information based on entry in exhibition catalog. Artists include Utagawa Toyokuni (also known as Utagawa Kunisada) (sheets 8-10, 14-16, 20); Toyohara Kunichika (sheets 1, 2, 4, 5, 11-13, 17-19); and Utagawa Kuniaki (sheets 3, 6). Artist for sheet 7 not yet identified. Nishike-e (brocade) print. Ōban size. Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Four sheets (7, 9, 13, and 20) Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e .... essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 109, pp. 174-75. The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

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