Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei in The Darkness of the Summer (Natsu no yami) from the series Scenes of Darkness and Suffering (Mitate yami zukushi) 「夏の闇 団七九郎兵衛」 『見立闇つくし』

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865)

• Publisher

  Hashiya Shogoro 林屋庄五郎 (active 1847-1858)

• Block carver

  Yokokawa Takejiro (Hori Take)

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection (March 19, 2022 - February 5, 2023)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection

• Type

  Print

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• Name

  Yokokawa, Takejiro, Hashiya, Shogoro, Utagawa, Kunisada

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Actors and actresses, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Tattoo, The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints