Bandit (portfolio sheet)1957Sheet: 17 3/4 x 15 " (45.1 x 38.1 cm)Gouache and ink on paperEva and Morris Feld Folk Art Acquisition Fund2018.25.201568027011Daniel E. RohrigDrawingsAnnotated by artist in a typed panel: (Mifune Toshiro, print from Sharaku)signedUnited StatesWorks on PaperAmerican Folk Art MuseumObject information is a work in progress and
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgToshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. He appeared in his first film, These Foolish Times II, in 1947. Mifune then met director Akira Kurosawa, and the two joined to become the most prominent actor-director pairing in Japanese cinema. Toshusai Sharaku is a late 18th c. Japanese artist renowned for creating visually bold and psychologically revealing portraits of kabuki actors19571957 2018 25 2 Object information is a work in progress and
may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the
American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgToshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. He appeared in his first film, These Foolish Times II, in 1947. Mifune then met director Akira Kurosawa, and the two joined to become the most prominent actor-director pairing in Japanese cinema. Toshusai Sharaku is a late 18th c. Japanese artist renowned for creating visually bold and psychologically revealing portraits of kabuki actors