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Toyohara Kunichika
Seven Masks from the Best 18 Plays1898, March

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of a Kabuki actor in scarlet robes and black hat, shown from the chest up in a bold theatrical pose, with stylized white makeup and red lips

Toyohara Kunichika, Seven Masks from the Best 18 Plays, 1898, March, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Julian C. Wright Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Seven Masks from the Best 18 Plays
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1898, March
Medium
Color woodblock print; embossing, brass
Dimensions
Image: 12 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (32.7 × 20.96 cm) Sheet: 12 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (32.7 × 20.96 cm)
Credit Line
Julian C. Wright Bequest
Accession Number
M.79.152.571b
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art