DISCOVERART

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

1794
Color woodblock print; oban
38 × 24.9 cm (15 × 9.8 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

View at artic.edu ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Koman, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Koman, fromArtworkUntitledArtworkUntitledArtworkUntitledArtworkUntitledThe Courtesan Takikawa of Ogiya, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi (Bijin nana Komachi)The Courtesan Takikawa of Ogiya, from the series Seven BeautArtworkUntitledThe actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the play "Edo no Hana Ako no Shiogama," performed at the Kiri Theater in the fourth month, 1796The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the pl

More like this

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772Katsukawa Shunsho — The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as MoshioActors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Spirit of the Monk Seigen and Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao in “Courtesan in a Maple-Leaf-Pattern Over-Kimono” (“Keisei Momiji no Uchikake”)Katsukawa Shunsho — Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Spirit The Actor Nakamura Riko I as the Courtesan Wakamatsu (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1773 (?)Katsukawa Shunsho — The Actor Nakamura Riko I as the Courtes二代目中村二代目中村野塩のお軽|The Actor Nakamura Noshio II as the Courtesan OkaruKatsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 — 二代目中村二代目中村野塩のお軽|The Actor Nakamura Takigawa of the Ogiya in the First Sale of the New Year (Hatsu uri zashiki no zu), from the series "A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase)"Chôbunsai Eishi — Takigawa of the Ogiya in the First Sale ofA Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya in Procession (Tamaya Hanamurasaki dochu no zu)Chôbunsai Eishi — A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure QuRighteousness (Gi), from the series "Five Designs for the Katsushika Poetry Circle (Katsushika goban)"Kubo Shunman — Righteousness (Gi), from the series "Five Des初代中村松江|Kabuki Actor Nakamura MatsueKatsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 — 初代中村松江|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Matsue青楼美人合|The Courtesans, from the Series, "Seiro Bijin Awase Carver End Shigoro" (sic.)Suzuki Harunobu — 青楼美人合|The Courtesans, from the Series, "SeArtworkKatsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英New Clothes for the Festival of New Herbs (Wakana no hatsuisho): Tamagiku of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Kikuno and KikujiChôbunsai Eishi — New Clothes for the Festival of New Herbs The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onatsu in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1781Katsukawa Shunjо̄ — The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onatsu