/internal/media/dispatcher/1059024/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (R) and Onoe Kikugorô III (L), from the series Mirror of Actors in Their Own Calligraphy (Yakusha jihitsu kagami)about 1821–24 (Bunsei 4–7)Utagawa Toyokuni IShimizuVertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 50.6 cm (14 3/8 x 19 15/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.26780-10Diptych (two sheets of incomplete polyptych): 11.26780 (left), 11.26781 (right)
Five sheets of this series are known, possibly a complete pentaptych. There is also a matching series of actors in female roles, with their poems, entitled Mirror of Edo Beauties in Their Own Calligraphy (Edo bijin jihitsu kagami); see Waseda db 001-1305, 001-1306, 001-1307.Prints36.500000000052262001