A man wearing a brown and beige patterned robe with black collar and green sleeves holds an implement to his face.
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This portrait shows the bust and head of Matsumoto Kōshirō. His hair is tied back, and he wears a white cloth wrapped around his head. He wears brown and beige plaid robes with floral details, and a black collar. His left hand reaches into the other sleeve, and his right hand is raised to put a yellow and red stylus to his face. He is frowning, and wrinkles are visible on the side of his mouth and between his eyebrows. There is a line of Japanese script on the right side.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.510
People
Tōshūsai Sharaku, Japanese (active 1794 - 1795)
Title
Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as Gorōbei, the Fishmonger from San'ya from the Play "Katakiuchi Noriai-Banashi" (Kiri-za)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, 1794 (5th month)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207197

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban: H. 37.7 cm x W. 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Tōshūsai Sharaku ga
  • inscription: Printed seals: Kiwame; Publisher's mark. Impressed seals: Wakai oyaji (impressed twice)

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
1933.4.510
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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 009; pp. 24-25
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 60, p. 59
  • Keizaburô Yamaguchi, Sharaku no zenbô [The World of Sharaku] (Tokyo, 1994), p. 22/Fig. 14.a

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project
  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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