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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
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)