Utagawa KunisadaJapanese, 1786–1865Twee acteurs op versstroken
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Where is “Twee acteurs op versstroken” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Twee acteurs, elk afgebeeld binnen een kader en onder een gedicht, waardoor het lijkt alsof het om twee gedicht stroken gaat, kijken elkaar aan. Rechts, kabuki acteur Nakamura Utaemon IV in de rol van de schipper Matsuemon. Links, Seki Sanjûrô III als schipper Gonshirô.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-2017-6132
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Utagawa Kunisada
The whole life1820–1860
Dominance in Sumo Wrestler Portraits
From 1820 to 1860 he dominated the market for printed portraits of sumo wrestlers.
1835–1850
Monopoly on Prints Based on "The Tale of Genji"
From 1835 to 1850 he held a near-total monopoly on the genre of prints connected with "The Tale of Genji"; only after 1850 did other artists begin producing similar sheets.
mid-1840s – early 1850s
Collaboration with Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi
From the mid-1840s to the early 1850s he collaborated with Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi on three large series and a number of smaller projects; the cooperation was in large part a show of solidarity against the tightened censorship of the Tenpō reforms.
