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Memorial portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII by Utagawa Kuniyoshi — VisualArtsDB

Memorial portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Memorial portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1854

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Dimensions: 36.3 × 75.4 cm (14 1/4 × 29 11/16 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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