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Camelia and Paddybird (left), Hibiscus and Korean Nightingale (right)

Camelia and Paddybird (left), Hibiscus and Korean Nightingale (right)

Titles

Tsubaki ni Bunchö, Fuyö ni Körai Uguisu
椿に文鳥　芙蓉に高麗鶯

Artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Publisher Kawaguchiya Shōzō < Kawashō > Shōeidō, Eisendō (c. 1810s~1850s)

Datec. 1832 - 1833

GeographyJapan

MediumWoodblock print Technique: Woodblock print

Dimensions4 15/16 x 13 9/16 in. (12.5 x 34.5 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of James A. Michener, 1981 (18117)

Object number18117

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Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Utagawa Hiroshige

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Actors in Parody Roles (Mitate): Ichikawa Kuzō III as an Echigo Lion Dancer (far left), Ichimura Takematsu III as another Echigo Lion Dancer (center left), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Eguchi no Kimi, and Sawamura Tosshō II as Priest Saigyō (far right)

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1863

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Utagawa Hiroshige

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Sakichi (left) and Genzaemon (right) in the kabuki play "Sakichi of Arakawa"

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Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III

1860

Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei (right)

Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman (left) and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei (right)

Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III

1856

Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Kabu Shikazo (left) and Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Nagoya Sanza (right)

Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Kabu Shikazo (left) and Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Nagoya Sanza (right)

Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III

1861

The actor Sawamura Tossho II as Hayano Kanpei (left) and the onnagata actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Koshimoto Okaru (right)

The actor Sawamura Tossho II as Hayano Kanpei (left) and the onnagata actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Koshimoto Okaru (right)

Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III

1865

Hosokawa Shurinnosuke (left) and Tenjiku Tokubei (right)

Hosokawa Shurinnosuke (left) and Tenjiku Tokubei (right)

Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III

1859

Onoe Kikugorö V as Shindö Genba (far right), Nakamura Shikan IV as Toneri Matsu'ömaru (center right), Nakamura Kanjaku III as Takebe Genzö (center left), and Bandö Hikosaburö VI as Matsuo nyöbö Chiyo (far left)

Onoe Kikugorö V as Shindö Genba (far right), Nakamura Shikan IV as Toneri Matsu'ömaru (center right), Nakamura Kanjaku III as Takebe Genzö (center left), and Bandö Hikosaburö VI as Matsuo nyöbö Chiyo (far left)

Toyohara Kunichika

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