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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.368
People
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Japanese (1769 - 1825)
Title
Actor Shogatsuya (Sakata Hongoro 2nd) as Mizuemon with Snake, from the series "Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e"
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e: Shogatsuya (Sakata Hongoro)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Edo period, 1794
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208620

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 38.9 cm x W. 26.1 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Toyokuni 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
1933.4.368
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Color Plate 038; pp. 82-83
  • Sharaku, exh. cat., Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Shimbun, and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (Tokyo, Japan, 2011), p. 238-239; cat. no. 208

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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