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Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904)
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Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904)

3 Portraits of Actors and Silhouettes

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Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904)
3 Portraits of Actors and Silhouettes
3 designs from the series Portraits as True Likenesses in the Moonlight (Makoto no tsuki hana no sugata-e)

Each woodblock-printed and featuring the actor in a roundel and and also in silhouetted profile, accompanied by a poem by the actor, the designs comprising:

1. The actor Bando Kichiroku I, signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu, published by Hirookaya Kosuke, 1867, 4th month
2. The actor Onoe Taganojo II, signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku shasei, published by Hirookaya Kosuke, 1867, 3rd month
3. The actor Sawamura Tanosuke III, signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku sha, published by Hirookaya Kosuke, 1867, 3rd month
Each vertical oban (approx. 36.8 x 23.8 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

These prints are from a series of 38 designs, including a title page, frontispiece, and 36 silhouette portraits.

For other impressions of each design in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/actor-band%C3%B4-kichiroku-i-from-the-series-portraits-as-true-likenesses-in-the-moonlight-makoto-no-tsuki-hana-no-sugata-e-472084
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/actor-onoe-taganoj%C3%B4-ii-from-the-series-portraits-as-true-likenesses-in-the-moonlight-makoto-no-tsuki-hana-no-sugata-e-472080
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/actor-sawamura-tanosuke-iii-from-the-series-portraits-as-true-likenesses-in-the-moonlight-makoto-no-tsuki-hana-no-sugata-e-465093

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