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Utagawa Yoshishige
Set of Five Preparatory Drawings for Prints of Actors19th century

Not on view
Ink or graphite drawing on cream paper with three studies of male heads in a Japanese ukiyo-e style, including a full figure holding a staff and two isolated head studies, one on an attached scrap of paper shown upside down
Artist or Maker
Utagawa Yoshishige
Japan, active circa 1840-1855
Title
Set of Five Preparatory Drawings for Prints of Actors
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Ink and color on laid paper
Dimensions
Image (a): 8 15/16 × 13 9/16 in. (22.7 × 34.45 cm) Sheet (a): 9 5/8 × 13 9/16 in. (24.45 × 34.45 cm) Image (b): 7 × 7 1/2 in. (17.78 × 19.05 cm) Sheet (b): 9 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (24.77 × 24.92 cm) Image (c): 12 15/16 × 9 3/8 in. (32.86 × 23.81 cm) Sheet (c): 13 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (33.66 × 24.45 cm) Image (d): 9 3/4 × 12 7/8 in. (24.77 × 32.7 cm) Sheet (d): 9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.77 × 34.45 cm) Image (e): 9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in. (24.45 × 32.07 cm) Sheet (e): 9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in. (24.45 × 32.07 cm)
Credit Line
Julian C. Wright Bequest
Accession Number
M.79.152.566a-e
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art