Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome / Kunichika Toyohara
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- Accession Number
- 2009/2.19
- Title
- Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome
- Artist
- Kunichika Toyohara
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- (1835 - 1900)
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1883
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stuart Katz
- Dimensions
- 25.4 cm x 17.78 cm (10 in. x 7 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome wears his hair in a top know with ornament. His eyes look upwards and his thin, red-lipped mouth lies open to reveal his teeth. He wears a blueish purple kimono with floral designs. Cartouches of text lie in the upper to corners and far left.
- Subject Matter
- Ukiyo-e print of Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome. Nakamura Shikan IV was a famous Meiji kabuki actor adopted by Nakamura Utaemon IV from the Narikomaya guild.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2976 x 4472
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2009/2.19
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"Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Motome; Kunichika Toyohara." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.19/2009_2_19.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.