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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.508
People
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Japanese (1769 - 1825)
Title
Yamatoya (Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV as Kikusui), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, dated 1794
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210228

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 38.1 × W. 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Toyokuni ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.508
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Andreas Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1680-1938, Taschen (Köln, 2019), pp. 226-228, cat. 68

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