Actor Nakayama Tomisaburō as the Courtesan Miyagino from the Play "Katakiuchi Noriai-Banashi" (Kiri-za)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.4.517
People: Tōshūsai Sharaku, Japanese (active 1794 - 1795)
Title: Actor Nakayama Tomisaburō as the Courtesan Miyagino from the Play "Katakiuchi Noriai-Banashi" (Kiri-za)
Other Titles: Transliterated Title: Katakiuchi Noriai-Banashi: Nakayama Tomisaburō (Miyagino) [Kiri-za]
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: Late Edo period, 1794 (5th month)
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/207198

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. 37.2 cm x W. 23.8 cm (14 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: (printed) Tōshūsai Sharaku 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: 1933.4.517
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Keizaburô Yamaguchi, Sharaku no zenbô [The World of Sharaku] (Tokyo, 1994), p. 25/Fig. 15.b

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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