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Iwai Kiyotaro (Edoya) as Okaru (from the series Pictures of Actors Onstage)

1794

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川 豊国

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.215
Public Domain
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Not on view
Print
A vertical woodblock print on beige paper depicts Iwai Kiyotaro as Okaru with a light skin tone. The figure stands wearing a red and white checkered kimono over a wide black sash, turning their head in profile toward the left. Dark hair is styled with several thin pins. Japanese calligraphy and seals feature in a banner at the upper left and a column on the right against the plain background.

Iwai Kiyotaro (Edoya) as Okaru (from the series Pictures of Actors Onstage)

1794

Utagawa Toyokuni

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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