Shôgatsuya (Actor Sakata Hangorô III as Abe no Munetô), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

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Shôgatsuya (Actor Sakata Hangorô III as Abe no Munetô), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

「役者舞台之姿絵　正月や」　三代目坂田半五郎の安部宗任

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; 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6850

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 7, Musée Guimet II (1990), ref. photo p. 238; Genshoku 8 (1981), #113; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #136; Yoshida, "'Yakusha butai no sugata-e' kenkyû," Ukiyo-e 27 (1966), p. 31, #27; Michener, Floating World (1954), #59

DescriptionForms the center sheet of a triptych; 21.6831 is the right sheet.

Play: Otokoyama O-Edo no Ishizue
Theater: Kiri
男山御江戸盤石（おとこやまおえどのいしずえ）
桐

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Charles Jacquin; January 22, 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 #655; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.