Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Memorial portrait of Nakamura Utaemon IV as a priest. 1852.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 歌川国芳, January 1, 1797 – April 14, 1861.

Memorial portrait (Shini-e) of Nakamura Utaemon IV as a priest.

Date: 1852.

Reference: Heroes and Ghosts, by Robert Schaap, 1998, p. 165 (image 176). Tokyo digital museum 番号 94202582.

Provenance: Herbert Egenolf Collection, Germany. Literature: Suzuki (1992) 317.

Trimmed, unsigned.

SKU: SVJP-0204 Categories: Japanese woodblock print, Pictures

Country	Japan
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868)
Artist	Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861)
Subject	Actors
Media	Colour, Ink, Paper, Woodblock print
Size	Oban
Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Provenance	Herbert Egenolf Collection

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