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Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
Memorial portrait of Osaka Actor Nakamura Utaemon IVcirca 1852

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, bust-length portrait of a man in a dark robe with white family crests, blue-painted scalp, and red lips, with vertical Japanese text above

Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳), Memorial portrait of Osaka Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV, circa 1852, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
Title
Memorial portrait of Osaka Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV
Date Made
circa 1852
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 14 7/16 × 9 3/4 in. (36.67 × 24.77 cm) Sheet: 14 11/16 × 10 in. (37.31 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.225
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art