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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | The actors Onoe Kikugoro III and Nakamura Utaemon IV in the roles of Inuzuka Shino and Inukai Genpachi | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III and Nakamura Utaemon IV in the roles of Inuzuka Shino and Inukai Genpachi

Edo period, 19th century 


woodblock print, diptych, from the series Actors Imagined as the Eight Dog Heroes (Mitate haiyu hakkenshi), each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, censor's seal kiwame, published by Kagaya Kichiemon (Seiseido), circa 1840 


Vertical oban diptych: 

Left sheet: 36.7 x 25.8 cm., 14½ x 10¼ in. 

Right sheet: 36.7 x 25.4 cm., 14½ x 10⅛ in. 

For a further example of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.38085a-b, go to: 

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/463414