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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Syllable "i"; Actor in the role of Fujiya Izaemon1852, 4th month

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Japanese woodblock print, bust-length portrait of a man in a calligraphy-patterned robe, with a Mount Fuji landscape inset upper left and Japanese text cartouches

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, The Syllable "i"; Actor in the role of Fujiya Izaemon, 1852, 4th month, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title
The Syllable "i"; Actor in the role of Fujiya Izaemon
Date Made
1852, 4th month
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (35.24 × 24.77 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (35.24 × 24.77 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.247
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art