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Actor with Demon Mask,
ca. 1855

Utagawa Yoshimine 歌川芳峯, active ca. 1855–1877

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1991-273

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Title

Actor with Demon Mask

Dates

ca. 1855

Maker

Utagawa Yoshimine 歌川芳峯

Medium

Woodblock print (chuban tate-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

24.4 x 17.4 cm. (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Anne van Biema

Object Number

x1991-273

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Marks/Labels/Seals

Written on back: 79/10-B

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

woodblock prints, chuban, prints, japanese printmaking styles

Materials

ink, chuban, paper, color

Techniques

woodcut (process)

Subject

men, masks (costume), actors, figures (representations)

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1991," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </em>51, no. 1 (1992): p. 22-78., p. 40

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Utagawa Yoshimine 歌川芳峯 (active ca. 1855–1877), Actor with Demon Mask, ca. 1855. Woodblock print (chuban tate-e format); ink and color on paper; 24.4 x 17.4 cm. Gift of Mrs. Anne van Biema (x1991-273) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/17891?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=50

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