A Japanese man seated on a platform turns his torso left while sharply focusing his gaze to the left.
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As the man unfolds one of his knees, he’s adjusting the outer black robe as if he’s about to stand up. A sword in a decorative sheath pokes out from front and back behind his outer robe. His head is wrapped in two headbands, his legs are bare, and he wears traditional Japanese sandals. At the top of the print a tree branch blooms with pink flowers, similar to cherry blossoms. The background is warm tones, with simple line drawing of undefined space.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2354
People
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title
Actor Ichikawa Komazō II in a Sukeroku Play
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sukeroku: Ichikawa Komazō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
about 1794
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207283

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
hosoban: H. 31.7 × W. 14.6 cm (12 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Shun'ei 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
1933.4.2354
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 026; p. 62 (entry p. 56)

Exhibition History

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