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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Actor Kawarasaki Gonjūrō for a Fire Troupe1865, 8th month

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, bust-length kabuki actor figure in theatrical blue face makeup, oversized woven hat, and patterned dark robe against an orange brick-pattern background

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, The Actor Kawarasaki Gonjūrō for a Fire Troupe, 1865, 8th month, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japan, 1839-1892
Title
The Actor Kawarasaki Gonjūrō for a Fire Troupe
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1865, 8th month
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 14 5/8 × 9 13/16 in. (37.15 × 24.92 cm) Sheet: 15 × 10 3/16 in. (38.1 × 25.88 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.135.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Keyes, Roger and George Kuwayama. The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi: The Herbert R. Cole Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.