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Nakamura Utaemon III as the Monkey Trainer Yojiro (from the series Famous Kabuki Plays)

mid-1810s

Utagawa Kunisada

(Japanese, 1786–1865)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print, with mica
Overall: 37.6 x 26 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.332
Location: Not on view
  • Hans Popper (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 6, 1972, lot 270)
    Eugene V. Thaw
  • A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
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