1933.4.2865: Actor Sawamura Tossho as Female Doll (Mebina) and Actor Bandō Hikosaburo as Male Doll (Obina)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.2865

People

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)

Title

Actor Sawamura Tossho as Female Doll (Mebina) and Actor Bandō Hikosaburo as Male Doll (Obina)

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 女雛　澤村訥升　男雛　坂東彦三郎

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

circa 1863

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/206897

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

vertical ōban: H. 36.7 × W. 25.3 cm (14 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• signature: printed: 七十七歳豊国筆 [Shichijūshichisai Toyokuni hitsu]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.4.2865

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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