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A frowning man with furrowed eyebrows lunges forward looking to the right.

Three separate panels create an image of a warrior-monk dressed in Japanese robes. He moves to the right as his body is turned in three quarter view towards us. Colorful circular designs are seen on his right sleeve, under a black robe with gold Japanese calligraphy. His right hand clutches a rolled scroll form, outstretched from his side on the far left, against a dark blue background. The artist seal and signature in lower left, one vertical line calligraphy is near middle of left panel, and four vertical lines drawn over abstract wave shape on upper right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.2
People
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, Japanese (1839 - 1892)
Title
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 市川団十郎
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1890
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Meiji era, 1868-1912
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/29725

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink, color, gauffrage, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
ōban triptych: H. 36.6 × W. 73.5 cm (14 7/16 × 28 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Philip Hofer Fund for the Purchase of Asian Art
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
1988.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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