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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2553
People
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
Title
Actor Iwai Hanshirō 5th, from an untitled series of actors on the theme of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Setsugekka: Iwai Hanshirō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
Edo period, circa 1825
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/143691

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "koban"-format triptych; ink, color and embossing on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 19.0 cm x W. 12.7 cm (7 1/2 x 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) ōju Kunisada 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
1933.4.2553
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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