1933.4.1495: Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as the Great Thief Onoemon, with poems by Bunkeisha Shiomichi, Bunkyosha Hazemaru and Bunraisha Matsunami

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.1495

People

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)

Title

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as the Great Thief Onoemon, with poems by Bunkeisha Shiomichi, Bunkyosha Hazemaru and Bunraisha Matsunami

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Ichikawa Danjūrō (Onoemon)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

surimono, print

Date

Edo period, circa early 19th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/208229

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Dimensions

Paper: H. 21.1 cm x W. 18.5 cm (8 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Gototei Kunisada 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

1933.4.1495

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Theodore Robert Bowie and James T. Kenney, Art of the Surimono, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN, 1979), Cat. No. 080 / pp. 132-133
• Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 307

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