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A Japanese woman in a kimono stands with her body facing left, as her head, neck, and shoulder lean right.

The woman wears a deep red and white striped kimono. Horizonal stripes above the waist, and vertical strips below, with a grey layer underneath. Her flowing kimono accentuates her pose, opening slightly at the floor to reveal one sandaled foot. Hands are hidden within the robe across her torso. Her black hair is secured into buns with stick ornaments, her small lips are painted red, with mouth slightly open. A tree branch of pink flowers blooms above, perhaps cherry blossoms, framing her head. The background is warm tones, with simple lines of undefined space with vertical folding shade on left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2356
People
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title
Actor Segawa Kikujirō III in a Sukeroku Play
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sukeroku: Segawa Kikujirō
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/207285

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
1933.4.2356
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 029; p. 65 (entry p. 56)

Exhibition History

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