1933.4.2080: Actor Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd in Pre-Performance Celebration for the play Soga Monogatari at the Morita Theater from the second month of 1773

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.2080

People

Ippitsusai Bunchō, Japanese (active 1765 - 1792)

Title

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd in Pre-Performance Celebration for the play Soga Monogatari at the Morita Theater from the second month of 1773

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Soga Monogatari: Ichikawa Yaozō, Morita-za

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Edo period, 1773 (2nd month)

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/207683

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. 31.2 cm x W. 14.4 cm (12 5/16 x 5 11/16 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

1933.4.2080

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]), Figure 30; p. 171

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