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Created1780
Description
Hand-drawn ink and pigment on very thin early washi paper and laid down on heavier paper for support. This map was probably copied by the Japanese from Dutch sources and maps. Since Japan was closed to Western countries at this time, this type of information would have been seen only by a select few.
ContributorsGosōtei Hirosada (Artist) / 五粽亭廣貞 (Artist)
Created1852
DescriptionThis print is a portrait of a kabuki actor in the role of a courtesan named Usaki from the play Tsugai Chou Somete Irodori 翻蝶潤彩色
ContributorsUtagawa Kunikazu (Artist) / 歌川 国員 (Artist) / Kinkodō 錦鯱堂 (Publisher)
Created1859
Description
This print by Utagawa Kunikazu (also known as Isshusai) depicts the actor Bandō Hikosaburō 坂東彦三郎 twice: in his roles as Sanbasō 三番叟 (left) and Urashima 浦しま (right).