Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as the Lay Priest Kiyomori – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as the Lay Priest Kiyomori

Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as the Lay Priest Kiyomori

三代沢村宗十郎の入道清盛

Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1795 (Kansei 7), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 23.5 cm (14 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7024

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #1.005; Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #210

Signed Kunimasa ga
国政画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.