Nakasaina sonja,Kuniyoshi Utagawa,Photo of Ukiyo-e,Japan,Buddhist Holy Man,c1847

Title: Nakasaina sonja
Title Translation: Actor in the role of Nakasaina Sonja.
Creator(s): Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist
Date Created/Published: [1847 or 1848]
Summary: Print shows possibly the center panel of a tripytch an actor portraying Nakasaina Sonja, a Buddhist holy man or rakan, sitting on the head of a large frog(?), holding an incense bowl in right hand, with a small dragon fleeing to the left.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.
Probably the central panel. Actor print.
Forms part of: the Oliver Wendell Holmes collection.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Actors--Japan--1840-1850.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1840-1850.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2008660552/
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