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Actor Bandō Yasosuke as Hige no Ikyū by Utagawa Kunisada — VisualArtsDB

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Actor Bandō Yasosuke as Hige no Ikyū

Actor Bandō Yasosuke as Hige no Ikyū

Actor Bandō Yasosuke as Hige no Ikyū

Utagawa Kunisada

1863

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper, with printed signature reading "nanajū-hachi sai Toyokuni ga"
Dimensions: Paper: H. 36.5 cm x W. 26.0 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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