Actors Playing a Ken Game (with dance instructions)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Actors Playing a Ken Game (with dance instructions)

Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi

Date
1848, 3rd month
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Related to the play Iroshina wo kaete kenzake 色品替拳酒, performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1848, 1st month. Japan, Asia Dimensions: 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (36.5 × 24.5 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban)

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