Bando Hikosaburō as Sarujima Sōta

Artist

Utagawa Yoshiiku

birth-death

1833-1904

Nationality

Japanese

Creation date

1863

Materials

color woodblock print

Not Currently On View

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Kate Kiser Klein

Accession number

72.47.154

Gallery Label

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坂東彦三郎 as Sarujima Sōta 猿嶋惣太

Handsome boatmen plying their vessels back and forth across Edo's Sumida River were considered cool and treated like popular idols. The print, capturing the kabuki actor Bandō Hikosaburō in the role of Sarujima Sōta, projects an image of vitality, strength and manhood.

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