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Toyohara Kunichika (attributed to)
The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX in the role of Soga no Gorō1881

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Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in dramatic pose, wild black hair swept upward, wearing a peach kimono with chrysanthemum pattern and lavender bow, holding a fan and dagger

Toyohara Kunichika (attributed to), Toyohara Kunichika, Toyohara Kunichika (style of), The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX in the role of Soga no Gorō, 1881, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Toyohara Kunichika (attributed to)
Japan, 1835-1900
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX in the role of Soga no Gorō
Date Made
1881
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Color woodblock print; one sheet of a triptych
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (36.2 × 24.13 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (37.94 × 25.56 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.226
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art