1933.4.1488: Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 8th in the Role of a Villain (Niki Danjō?)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1488
- People
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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
- Title
- Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 8th in the Role of a Villain (Niki Danjō?)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Ichikawa Danjūrō (Niki Danjo)
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- surimono, print
- Date
- Edo period, circa 1830-1835 (early Tempō era)
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/208262
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. 21.3 cm x W. 18.7 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed) Gototei Kunisada 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
- 1933.4.1488
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 307
Verification Level
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