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A tall Japanese man in kimono robes stands in the center, neck turned and looking to the left.

He wears a thin beard and frown, with eyelids painted pink from the corners to above the ears. His grid-patterned robe of green and white is tied and asymmetrically tucked around his waist, black collar. He also wears slim grey, vertical striped pants, with black socks and flat sandals. His arms are nearly hidden in the robes except for one hand peeking out touching his shoulder. A tree branch above frames his head, blooming with pink flowers, perhaps cherry blossoms. The background is warm, muted tones, with simple line drawing of undefined space and a vertical folding shade on right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2355
People
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title
Actor Matsumoto Koshirō II in a Sukeroku Play
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sukeroku: Matsumoto Koshirō
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/207284

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
1933.4.2355
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 024; p. 60 (entry p. 56)

Exhibition History

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