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初代中山富三郎の切禿
Actor Nakayama Tomisaburô I as a Kamuro Performing a Lion Dance
初代中山富三郎の切禿
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.4 x 15 cm (12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5833
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM, Sharaku (2011), #s 164-5; MFA, Golden Age (2010), #112; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #s 88-9; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #s 102-3; Henderson & Ledoux, #s 100-1
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.16490-1, 21.5833 (left sheet only)
Play (shosa): Shinobu Koi Suzume no Irodoki (Tokiwazu jôruri)
Theater: Kiri
忍恋雀色時（しのぶこいすずめのいろどき）
桐
MFA impressions: 11.16490-1, 21.5833 (left sheet only)
Play (shosa): Shinobu Koi Suzume no Irodoki (Tokiwazu jôruri)
Theater: Kiri
忍恋雀色時（しのぶこいすずめのいろどき）
桐
Signed
Sharaku ga
写楽画
写楽画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Charles Jacquin; January 20, 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at January 17-22, 1921 sale of Mr. Charles Jacquin's collection at the Walpole Galleries, New York, lot #34; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.