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The actors of the Ichikawa family

Utagawa KUNISADA
The actors of the Ichikawa family
 (c. 1852)

Medium
colour woodblock

Measurements
23.8 × 42.3 cm (image)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1993

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Edo (Tokyo), Japan

Inscription
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.r.: Toto Ichiyusai Kunisada ga
printed in red ink (in image) l.r.: (Kunisada's seal)

Accession Number
AS36-1993

Department
Asian Art

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Essay
Japanese woodblock prints: a mass medium

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