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A Japanese woman in a soft-pink kimono stands facing right, as her head, neck, and shoulder lean left.

Her flowing kimono accentuates her pose and opens slightly at the floor to reveal one sandaled foot. Her hands are not visible, but she’s holding a patterned garment that hangs down. The long kimono sleeves are a brown swirl pattern on off-white. Her black hair is secured into buns with several stick hair ornaments; her small lips are painted pink. A tree branch of pink flowers blooms above, similar to cherry blossoms, framing her head. The background is warm, muted tones, with simple line drawing of undefined space and a vertical folding shade on the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2357
People
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title
Actor Nakamura Tomisaburō I in a Sukeroku Play
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sukeroku: Nakamura Tomisaburō
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/207286

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
1933.4.2357
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 025; p. 61 (entry p. 56)

Exhibition History

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