Mitate Gekijo Shichi Yushi - Super Star in Carp Kimono
Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
(Japanese, 1835 - 1900)
Date1874
Mediumwoodblock
DimensionsOverall: 36.5 × 24.8 cm (14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineGift of Judith Patt
Object number2016.024.032
Description"Mitate Gekijo Shichi Yushi" (Allusion to the Seven Elegant Figures of the Theatres). Kabuki actor, Onoe Kikugoro V is in the role of chivalrous man Terashima no Matsu. He wears kimono with pattern of swimming carp and is holding a fashionable western style umbrella.Status
Not on view
Toyohara Kunichika
1897
Ando Hiroshige
