Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1865). <em>The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863) as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series "Thieves in Designs of the Time,"</em> 1859. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 76.151.28 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.151.28_PS1.jpg)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1865). The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863) as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series "Thieves in Designs of the Time," 1859. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 76.151.28 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.151.28_PS1.jpg)

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The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863) as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series "Thieves in Designs of the Time"

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Asian Art

ARTIST Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Japanese, 1786–1865

MEDIUM Color woodblock print on paper

Place Made: Japan

DATES 1859

PERIOD Edo Period

DIMENSIONS 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS Censor seal, engraver's seal, publisher's seal.

SIGNATURE Artist's signature: Toyokuni ga (red cartouche, lower left)

COLLECTIONS Asian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 76.151.28

CREDIT LINE Anonymous gift

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Page from the series entitled "Jidai Mo Iu Ataru Shiranami" in Japanese series ("Notorious Thieves of the Day"). The thief Kumokiri Nin Sayeimon (?) shown seated on a wood chest with a smoking pipe in his mouth, a tabacco pouch in his right hand and his left hand drawn across his chest to hold a tie-dyed cloth at the back of his neck. The figure is dressed in a short dark coat with a design of a rampant dragon and wears thongs on his feet. Condition: Good. Needed to be rematted, but was rematted on 6/1/79.

EXHIBITIONS

Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1865). The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863) as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series "Thieves in Designs of the Time," 1859. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 76.151.28 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.151.28_PS1.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 76.151.28_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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