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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.658
People
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Japanese (1726 - 1792)
Title
Actor Nakamura Denkūrō 2nd as a Samurai Ready to Fight
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Nakamura Denkurō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Edo period, dated to 1775
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209631

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print; in "hosoban" format (left half of a diptych); ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 30.2 cm x W. 14.4 cm (11 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Shunshō ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.658
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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