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Tōshūsai Sharaku

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya, Edo Period

Maker

  • Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎
  • Tōshūsai Sharaku

Title

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya

Year

Edo Period

Medium

mica (mineral), ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print with dark-silver mica ground

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print with dark-silver mica ground

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 36.5 x 24.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed: Toshusai Sharaku ga
Publisher's seal

Seals: Censor's seal:Kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1132

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Signature: Signed: Toshusai Sharaku ga
Publisher's seal

Seals: Censor's seal:Kiwame

Place Made: Japan

Publications

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Process and Function

January 19 - May 27, 2007

Courtesans and Actors

September 20 - December 8, 1996

Kabuki Actor Prints from the Late Eighteenth Century

September 14 - November 4, 1990

On Stage

May 13 - September 4, 1988

Japanese Prints of the Kabuki

September 5 - November 23, 1986
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