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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
2003,0823,0.1
Description
Colour woodblock print. Bust portrait of the actor Nakamura Utaemon III in battledore shape, in the role of Tozo the farmer (in reality Sasaki Takatsuna). Inscribed, signed with publisher's marks.
Producer name
Print artist:
Saikotei Shibakuni (西光亭芝国)
Published by:
Wataya Kihei
Published by:
Arihirado Kobun
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Osaka School
Cultures/periods
Bunsei Era
Production date
1824
Production place
Made in:
Osaka-shi
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
37.90 centimetres
Width:
25.80 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
kabuki
actor/actress
Associated names
Portrait of:
Nakamura Utaemon III 三代目中村歌右衛門
Representation of:
Tozo the Farmer
Associated with:
Sasaki Takatsuna (佐々木高綱)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Israel Goldman
Funder name
Funded by:
Brooke Sewell Bequest
Acquisition date
2003
Department
Asia
Registration number
2003,0823,0.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 25 Jan 2005
Treatment
: 14 Jan 2005