1933.4.1588: Actor Arashi Wakano as Aburaya Osome, from the series A Comparison of Three Beauties (Musume Sanpukutsui)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.1588

People

Torii Kiyomasu, Japanese (active c. 1704 - 1718)

Title

Actor Arashi Wakano as Aburaya Osome, from the series A Comparison of Three Beauties (Musume Sanpukutsui)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Musume Sanpukutsui: Arashi Wakano (Aburaya Osome)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Edo period, early 18th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/207630

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

Paper: H. 28.7 cm x W. 13.6 cm (11 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

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

1933.4.1588

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 107, repr.

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