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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.602
People
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title
Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sawamura Sōjūrō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Edo period, circa 1790s
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210324

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Left half of an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "hosoban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 30.6 cm x W. 13.5 cm (12 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Shun'ei ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.602
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Mounted as diptych with 1933.4.2362.

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 071; p. 95 (entry p. 186)

Verification Level

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