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「湯島の三吉 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Yujima no Sankichi
「湯島の三吉 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, creped; 21.3 × 15.8 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number65.1145
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #87
DescriptionNo. 3 of a series.
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印:子十一改
彫師:朝倉彫万
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印:子十一改
彫師:朝倉彫万
ProvenanceBy 1965, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA: 1965, by inheritance to his wife, Barbara Birkhoff Paine (b. 1909 - d. 1995), Cambridge, MA; 1965, gift of Mrs. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)