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Source Description
Hirosada has divided the standard "chuban" (half-size) format into four "koban" (small-size) bust portraits. Although the play has yet to be identified, the actors are depicted against a tarnished silver background with their role names written in cursive characters above.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37730
label
Actor Portraits
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
37730
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Actor Portraits
description
Hirosada has divided the standard "chuban" (half-size) format into four "koban" (small-size) bust portraits. Although the play has yet to be identified, the actors are depicted against a tarnished silver background with their role names written in cursive characters above.
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
ca. 1847-52 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hirosada
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
6406
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
15160e61137a573f