Museum Collection

Museum Collection

Ukiyo-E

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

Mono-uri Mitate(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.