Toraya (Actor Arashi Ryûzô II as Tojibô), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

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Toraya (Actor Arashi Ryûzô II as Tojibô), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

「役者舞台之姿絵　とらや」　二代目嵐竜蔵の閉坊

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1794 (Kansei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.7 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6969

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shuka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 214, fig. 47; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #148

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceAugust 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.