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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1533
People
Torii Kiyomitsu 鳥居清満, Japanese (1735 - 1785)
Title
Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu as Nureginu and Sawamura Sōjūrō as Gentōta Tsunekage
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sanogawa Ichimatsu, Sawamura Sōjūrō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Edo period, circa 1755-1765
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207186

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print ("benizuri-e") in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 31.7 cm x W. 14.0 cm (12 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Torii Kiyomitsu 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
1933.4.1533
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John M. Rosenfield, "Japanese Printing and Graphic Arts of the Edo Period", Apollo (New Series), Apollo Publications Inc. (London, England, June 1978), vol. CVII, no. 196, pp. 470-476, Page 472 / Plate 12
  • John M. Rosenfield, Japanese Printing and Graphic Arts of the Edo Period, Apollo (London and New York, June 1978), vol. 107, pp. 470-476
  • 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 045; p. 89 (entry p. 183)

Verification Level

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