Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)

1822
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  • 春好斎北洲画 初代市川鰕十郎 「紅紫大坂潤」
  • Title: Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)
  • Artist: Shunkōsai Hokushū 春好斎北洲 (Japanese, active 1808–32)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1822
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Vertical ōban; Image: 14 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. (37.5 × 25.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.127
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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