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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1909,0618,0.44
Description: Colour woodblock print. Head and shoulders of the kabuki actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date Yosaku.
Producer name: Print artist: Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽
Production date: 1794-1795 (floruit)
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 36.40 centimetres; Width: 24.40 millimetres
Curator's comments: Monnosuke II, who died later in this same year, as the gentle hero of the piece, Date no Yosaku. His illicit love for Shigenoi and the evil machinations of rivals brings about his dismissal and disgrace. (Label copy, TTC 1995)
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (8); Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 2 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan (BW 162)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Representation of: Ichikawa Monnosuke II 二代目市川門之助; Associated with: Date Yosaku
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W B Paterson
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Ernest Mason Satow
Acquisition date: 1909
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1909,0618,0.44

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