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A Japanese man in a kimono stands in the center, bending slightly right, touching a hat on his head.

The man wears a frown; his eyes are painted below from nose to temples with pink stripes. His outer robe flows in the direction of his stance and is black with large off-white swirl pattern; the kimono underneath is same pattern, pink on off-white. He’s touching the wide-open woven hat on his head with his left hand, the other arm is not seen. Two swords are tied around his waist with grey tasseled ties. Above his head 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
1933.4.2353
People
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in a Sukeroku Play
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sukeroku: Ichikawa Monnosuke
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/207443

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
1933.4.2353
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 027; p. 63 (entry p. 56)

Exhibition History

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