Actor Kataoka Nizaemon 7th as Ki no Natora(?)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.4.2369
People: Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title: Actor Kataoka Nizaemon 7th as Ki no Natora(?)
Other Titles: Transliterated Title: Kataoka Nizaemon (Ki no Natora?)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: Edo period, 1794 (11th month of Kansei 6?)
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/207459

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Right sheet from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

Dimensions

Paper: H. 31.0 cm x W. 14.3 cm (12 3/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: (printed) Shun'ei ga

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: 1933.4.2369
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Sharaku, exh. cat., Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Shimbun, and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (Tokyo, Japan, 2011), p. 277; cat. no. 257

Exhibition History

Toshusai Sharaku - His Art and Age, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 05/01/2011 - 06/12/2011

Verification Level

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