
Mono-uri Mitate(Actors in the Guise of Street Peddlers)
(Utagawa Toyokuni)

Artist | : | Utagawa Toyokuni |
Format | : | Diptych large colour prints |
Date | : | Around the Bunsei era (1818-1830) |
Portraits of Ichikawa Danjuro and Nakamura Utaemon, popular actors of the day, in which they are likened variously to an insect dealer and a goldfish peddler. Portraits of actors often showed their stage personae or aspects of their private lives were also quite popular.