Hamamuraya (Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Hisakata), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

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Hamamuraya (Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Hisakata), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

「役者舞台之姿絵　はま村や」　三代目瀬川菊之丞の白拍子久方

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.1 cm (14 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6830

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Sharaku (2011), #253; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #23; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #116; Ukiyo-e shuka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 212, fig. 16; Yoshida, "'Yakusha butai no sugata-e kenkyû," Ukiyo-e 27 (1966), p. 30, #16

DescriptionPlay (shosagoto): Ôshukubai Koi no Hatsune
Play (main feature): Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare
Theater: Miyako
鶯宿梅恋初音（おうしゅくばいこいのはつね）
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#367); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.