1933.4.2087: Actors ōtani Hiroji 3rd and Sakata Sajūrō as Wrestlers with a Boy

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.2087

People

Ippitsusai Bunchō, Japanese (active 1765 - 1792)

Title

Actors ōtani Hiroji 3rd and Sakata Sajūrō as Wrestlers with a Boy

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Otani Hiroji, Sakata Sajūrō

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Edo period, circa 1765-1792

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/206712

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ippitsusai Bunchō ga"

Dimensions

Paper: H. 31.0 cm x W. 14.1 cm (12 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Ippitsusai Bunchō 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

1933.4.2087

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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 062; p. 93 (entry p. 185)

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