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Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a Young Man with a Love Letter

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a Young Man with a Love Letter

初代佐野川市松

Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1740s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color

Dimensions Hashira-e; 71.4 x 15.8 cm (28 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6637

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #26 (first version); Michener, Floating World (1954), #33 (this version, with recut head)

Signed Senkadô Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu
千花堂　西村重長筆

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.