12 Months of Actors in 36 Stages: February (Actor with three women in a garden) / Utagawa Toyokuni I
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- Accession Number
- 1987/1.369
- Title
- 12 Months of Actors in 36 Stages: February (Actor with three women in a garden)
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790 - circa 1825
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J.E. Val-Mejias, M.D.
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo e
- Inscription
- Signature and Seal in lower left
- Dimensions
- 38 cm x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 in. x 10 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Subject Matter
- This print is part of a series of actor portraits depicting the months of the year. In this respect, actors and their roles become a means of punctuating time. This concept resonates with the ever-changing roles of the theater and the actor as a harbinger and metaphor for the new.
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- figures
- forms
- gardens
- making art
- people and occupations
- schools of japanese paintings and prints
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 889 x 1299
- File Size
- 159 KB
- Record
- 1987/1.369
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"12 Months of Actors in 36 Stages: February (Actor with three women in a garden); Utagawa Toyokuni I." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.369/1987_1.369.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.