print

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: 1909,0618,0.45
Description: Colour woodblock print. Head and shoulders of the kabuki actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as Miyagino.
Producer name
Production date: 1794-1795 (floruit)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 35.90 centimetres; Width: 24 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: [Nakayama Tomisaburo as Miyagino] Miyagino is the elder sister of Shinobu, both daughters of the murdered Matsushita Mikinoshin. It is not clear which scene in the drama is here depicted. (Label copy, TTC 1995)
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2019-2020 19 Nov-19 Jan, Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan, Masters of Ukiyo-e: Five Favorite Artists of Edo Japan 2011 Apr- May, Tokyo, Tokyo National Museum, 'Tõshusai Sharaku-His Art and Age'
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Associated with: Nakayama Tomisaburo I 初代中山富三郎; Associated with: Miyagino 宮城野
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1909
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1909,0618,0.45
Conservation

Free entry