Monkey: Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Sarushima Sota and Iwai Hanshirō V as Nun Seigen, from the series Twelve Zodiac Signs

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Edo period (1615-1868), 1852

  • Titles Monkey: Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Sarushima Sota and Iwai Hanshirō V as Nun Seigen, from the series Twelve Zodiac Signs (Proper)@「見立十二支之内　申　猿島惣太（三代目尾上菊五郎）　清玄尼（五代目岩井半四郎）」 (Proper)@The Twelve Zodiacal Branches, the Ninth Month (Former title)@Mitate Junishi no uchi Saru Sarushima Sota Seigenji (Former title)
  • Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797 - 1861
  • Medium ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions 14 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (37.1 x 24.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the Utagawa-ha Monjin-kai, 1994.142.65
  • Work Type woodblock print
  • Classification Prints

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