Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face / Ueno Tadamasa
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.18
- Title
- Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face
- Artist
- Ueno Tadamasa
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904-1970
- Medium and Support
- ink and gray mica on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stuart Katz
- Dimensions
- 40.64 cm x 26.67 cm (16 in. x 10 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor on gray mica ground. Actor appears to be playing the role of a samurai, with his hair in a top-knot, a family crest on the arm of his kimono, and a sword complete with scabbard ornament. His head tilts downward seriously as his hand reaches to unsheath his sword.
- Subject Matter
- Ukiyo-e print of a kabuki actor as a samurai, possibly Sword-face.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3128 x 4568
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2009/2.18
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.18/2009_2_18.jpg
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"Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face; Ueno Tadamasa." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.18/2009_2_18.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.