Toyohara Kunichika
Japanese, 1835-1900
Onoe Kikugorō V as Daiba no Jinzō and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Itamiya Jubei
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Toyohara Kunichika
Japanese, 1835-19001883
Onoe Kikugorō V as Daiba no Jinzō and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Itamiya Jubei
Toyohara Kunichika Japanese, 1835-1900 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1883
Medium
Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Dimensions
74.3 × 37.3 cm (29 5/16 × 14 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Nathalie Gookin in memory of Frederick W. Gookin
As Daiba no Jinzō (on the right) spies on his adversary Itamiya Jūbei in the foreground of this image, the center is occupied by distant trees and mountains illuminated by a faint glow. Unusually, this scene is set at dusk: the sun has just set and the moon is rising but the stars are not yet visible.
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