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Above a figure dressed in red, green, and white leans forward. A figure in gray and black crouches below right.

The 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
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Japanese (1769 - 1825)
Title
Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III on a Boat
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
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
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