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Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a Book Peddler


初代山下金作の貸本屋
Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Publisher: Emiya (Uemura) Kichiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1725 (Kyôhô 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.2 x 14.9 cm (12 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5873
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 2010; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 42
Signed Nishimura Shigenaga ga
西村重長画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.