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Collections

Utagawa School
Image of the Fight for Good and Evil in the Hearts of Actors19th century

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print with dense vertical text above a figural scene of five adults in robes and several small child-like figures on a mint-green ground
Japanese woodblock print with columns of printed Japanese text above and below a scene of multiple figures in traditional Edo-period dress, including standing and kneeling figures; one elevated figure in formal samurai attire holds a staff; soft palette of peach, blue-gray, and black with circular mon crests visible on garments.
Japanese woodblock print with columns of vertical Japanese text above and beside a scene of multiple kabuki actors in blue robes and formal black garments, grouped around small children and infants near a tray of food at lower left.

Utagawa School, Image of the Fight for Good and Evil in the Hearts of Actors, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa School
Title
Image of the Fight for Good and Evil in the Hearts of Actors
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Triptych; color woodblock prints
Dimensions
Image and Sheet: 14 1/8 x 29 3/4 in. (36 x 76 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.261a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art