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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.505
People
Tōshūsai Sharaku, Japanese (active 1794 - 1795)
Title
Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Takemura Sadanoshin from the Play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna - Yoshitsune Senbon-Zakura" (Kawarazaki-za)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna - Yoshitsune Senbon-Zakura: Ichikawa Ebizō (Takemura Sadanoshin) [Kawarazaki-za]
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, 1794 (5th month)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208631

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Tōshūsai Sharaku ga"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 38.3 cm x W. 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Tōshūsai Sharaku ga
  • inscription: Printed seals: Kiwame, Publisher's mark; Impressed seals: Wakai oyaji

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
1933.4.505
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Masterworks of Ukiyo-e, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/20/1996 - 01/12/1997

Verification Level

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