1928.14.156: Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III on a Boat
PrintsThe upper figure wears their black hair up in gold hairpins, and is wearing layers of clothing in red, green, and white with a black color and geometric and floral designs in white on the material. One hand is held up to their face while the other holds a paper lantern on a stick in front of the face of the lower figure. This person has hair which is shaved at the top and wears black and grey clothing. He is crouching down and holding a box covered in folds of blue and white floral fabric.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.14.156
- People
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Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Japanese (1769 - 1825)
- Title
- Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III on a Boat
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- late 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/209103
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. 52 cm x W. 19.3 cm (20 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Osborn Taylor
- Accession Year
- 1928
- Object Number
- 1928.14.156
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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