Silhouette (or Shadow) Portrait of an Actor, from the series True Portraits of Moon and Flowers (Makotonotsuki Hana-No-Sugatae)

Artist/Maker Utagawa Yoshiiku 歌川芳幾 (Japanese, 1833–1904)

Date1867

MediumColor woodblock print

DimensionsImage: 13 15/16 × 9 3/16 in. (35.4 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (35.9 × 23.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dominique H. Vasseur (OC 1973)

PortfolioTrue Portraits of Moon and Flowers (Makotonotsuki Hana-No-Sugatae)

Object number2025.14.84

Status

Not on view

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