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生島新五郎
Actor Ikushima Shingorô, from an untitled series of Theater Pictures (Shibai-e)
生島新五郎
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1711 (Hôei 8/Shôtoku 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Left half of horizontal ôban sheet; 26.8 x 15 cm (10 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7199
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1820 and no. 2303; Shibui, "Masanobu no sumi-e," Ukiyo-e no kenkyû VI.3 (March 1929), #D-11 (left half)
DescriptionTen sheets from the set of twelve: 11.13361 to 11.13369 and 21.5731, plus an additional half sheet, 21.7199. The plays that can be identified were performed between 1709 and 1710, and so the series may have been made for New Year of 1711.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.