• Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a kabuki role as a figure standing in the snow, holding an umbrella
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a kabuki role as a figure standing in the snow, holding an umbrella
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a kabuki role as a figure standing in the snow, holding an umbrella
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Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a kabuki role as a figure standing in the snow, holding an umbrella

Print

05/1811
10 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Yamahei (Marks U436 - seal 20-019)
Gyōji censor's seal: Waka
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art - another print from this composition
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art This print is thought to be one in a multi-panel grouping.

There is another copy of this print in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, plus at least one other example from this series representing Nanaya (七あや), an onnagata, portrayed by Iwai Hanshiro IV possibly in the play Azuma no Hana Iwai no Dairi (吾嬬花岩井内裡).
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Yamahei (山平) (publisher)
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) (actor)