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 (Kinshôdô) (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

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

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)