Bando Hisosaburo V as Jigoku Dayu, from the series: Contemporary Portraits of Actors and their Handwriting (Tosei jihitsu kagami); series begun by Toyokuni III and continued by Yoshitora

Artist/Maker Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎 (Japanese, active 1850–1880)

Date1865

MediumColor woodblock print

DimensionsImage: 13 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (34 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (36.2 × 23.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dominique H. Vasseur (OC 1973)

PortfolioContemporary Portraits of Actors and their Handwriting (Tosei jihitsu kagami); series begun by Toyokuni III and continued by Yoshitora

Object number2025.14.88

Status

Not on view

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