1933.4.505: Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Takemura Sadanoshin from the Play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna - Yoshitsune Senbon-Zakura" (Kawarazaki-za)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.505

People

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Japanese (active 1794 - 1795)

Title

Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Takemura Sadanoshin from the Play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna - Yoshitsune Senbon-Zakura" (Kawarazaki-za)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna - Yoshitsune Senbon-Zakura: Ichikawa Ebizō (Takemura Sadanoshin) [Kawarazaki-za]

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Late Edo period, 1794 (5th month)

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/208631

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

Paper: H. 38.3 cm x W. 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Tōshūsai Sharaku ga
• inscription: Printed seals: Kiwame, Publisher's mark; Impressed seals: Wakai oyaji

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

1933.4.505

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Masterworks of Ukiyo-e, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/20/1996 - 01/12/1997

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