1933.4.1593: Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Yoshinaga and Ichikawa Danjūrō II as Niraminosuke

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.1593

People

Okumura Toshinobu 奥村利信, Japanese (active 1717 - 1750)

Title

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Yoshinaga and Ichikawa Danjūrō II as Niraminosuke

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Edo period, circa 1727

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/207185

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink, color and metal filings on paper

Dimensions

Hosoban: H. 32.7 cm x W. 15.9 cm (12 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Nihongakō Okumura Toshinobu 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

1933.4.1593

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 015; pp. 38-39
• Marie Culver, "Surimono Analysis of Metals and Examination of Techniques Used in Japanese Prints" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1984), Unpublished, pp. 1-30 passim

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