Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)
PrintsJapanese19th century

Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)

Late Edo period, 19th century

Artists

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳Artist
Classification
Prints
Medium
Center panel(?) from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "oban" triptych(?); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Century
19th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 35.6 x W. 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)

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