Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1505
People
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
Title
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in a Noctural Fight Scene
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
1833
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208267

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono) right sheet of a diptych; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
shikishiban: H. 20.7 cm x W. 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Kōchōrō 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
1933.4.1505
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
The right sheet of this diptych features the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in a fight scene with the actor Iwai Kumesaburō II from the play Tayoriari gohiki no tsuna, performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in 1832.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 03/18/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/19/2018 - 05/06/2018

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu