Series of standing actors with flowers

Publisher: Fujioka-ya Hikotarô

1847-1850

 

This series shows kabuki actors in street clothes standing in front of large chrysanthemums of different colors.  It is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).  The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

 

 

Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

 

Actor: Ichikawa Kuzô II

 

Actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XII

 

Actor: Nakamura Kanemon IV

 

Actor: Sawamura Sôjûrô V

These prints may be considered a polyptych

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