Two Actors in a Kabuki Play (Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami) / Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.61
- Title
- Two Actors in a Kabuki Play (Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami)
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777 - 1835
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1815-1868
- Object Creation Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Creation Place 1
- Asia
- Creation Place 2
- Japan
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Rosenblum
- Dimensions
- 34.5 cm x 24 cm (13 9/16 in. x 9 7/16 in.)
- Century
- mid-19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- Japanese woodblock color print depicting two men standing, while the man on the man standing on the right grabs the arm of the man standing on the left.
- Subject Matter
- Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami was orginally created for Bunraku, but later became one of the most popular kabuki plays. It contains 9 acts, which revolve around the love affair between Isonojô and a local courtesan.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2224 x 3197
- File Size
- 951 KB
- Record
- 2011/2.61
- Link to this Item
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"Two Actors in a Kabuki Play (Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami); Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.61/2011_2_61.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.