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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Ôtomo no Kuronushi

Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Ôtomo no Kuronushi

三代目沢村宗十郎の大友黒主

Tôshûsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–1795)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.2 x 14.9 cm (12 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7266

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Sharaku (2011), #151; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #63; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #71

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16486, 21.7266

Play: Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare (Praising Famous Poems in the Leap Year)
Theater: Miyako
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都

Signed Sharaku ga
写楽画

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.