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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Abe no Yasuna


初代沢村源之助の安部の保名
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Falsely attributed to: Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Japanese
Edo period
1802 (Kyôwa 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7015
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #2.3; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #173
DescriptionReprint of a print by Toyokuni I, with false Kunimasa signature.

Play: Shinoda Tsumanagori no Kowakare
Theater: Ichimura
Signed False signature: Kunimasa ga
国政画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; August 1917, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.