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The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as a Lacquer Ware Peddler
The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as a Lacquer Ware Peddler
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as a Lacquer Ware Peddler

Artist/Culture (Japanese, about 1697–1758)
Datemid 1720s
MediumWoodblock print (tan-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and metal filings
DimensionsHosoban; 33.5 x 15.7 cm (13 3/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher Mark: 'Igaya' [rectangular cartouche]
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.327
Label TextIchikawa Monnosuke I as a lacquer ware peddler (maki-e-uri), selling boxes, geta, sake cups, trays, etc. The role could possibly (but not certainly) be identified
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