1933.4.368: Actor Shogatsuya (Sakata Hongoro 2nd) as Mizuemon with Snake, from the series "Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.368

People

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Japanese (1769 - 1825)

Title

Actor Shogatsuya (Sakata Hongoro 2nd) as Mizuemon with Snake, from the series "Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e"

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e: Shogatsuya (Sakata Hongoro)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Edo period, 1794

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/208620

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"

Dimensions

Paper: H. 38.9 cm x W. 26.1 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Toyokuni 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

1933.4.368

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]), Color Plate 038; pp. 82-83
• Sharaku, exh. cat., Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Shimbun, and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (Tokyo, Japan, 2011), p. 238-239; cat. no. 208

Exhibition History

• Toshusai Sharaku - His Art and Age, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 05/01/2011 - 06/12/2011

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