Memorial Portrait of the Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Artist:Toyohara Kunichika

Medium: Woodblock print

Geograhical Locations:

• Japan

Dates:December, 1864

Dimensions: 14 5/16 x 19 1/2 in. (36.4 x 49.5 cm)

Collections:

• Asian Art

Exhibitions:

• Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900

Accession Number: 16.750.1

Image: 16.750.1_IMLS_SL2.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Two o-ban sheets, joined at center. In the left side of the diptych, Toyokuni II, in smoke green kimono with blue gown with butterfly-design, holds a brush and sits on a blue cushion in front of a low table with papers, water container, and ink stone. Additional painting tools on his left and a hand warner on his right. The text on the right side of the diptych introduces his biography. Condition:Some tears at bottom edge; two large tears at right near the artist's seal. Tainted at the left corner. All the edges worn and frayed slightly.

Brooklyn Museum