Actors Takii Hanshirô as Nitta Yoshisada and Kirinami Takie as Minase no Mae, from an untitled series of Theater Pictures (Shibai-e)

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Actors Takii Hanshirô as Nitta Yoshisada and Kirinami Takie as Minase no Mae, from an untitled series of Theater Pictures (Shibai-e)

芝居絵　滝井半四郎の新田義貞、霧波滝江薩島のみなせの前

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1711 (Hôei 8/Shôtoku 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 27.3 x 35.1 cm (10 3/4 x 13 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5731

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1817; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), p. 160 (no photo); Shibui, "Masanobu no sumi-e," Ukiyo-e no kenkyû VI.3 (March 1929), #D-5

DescriptionTen sheets from the set of twelve: 11.13361 to 11.13369 and 21.5731, plus an additional half sheet, 21.7199. The plays that can be identified were performed between 1709 and 1710, and so the series may have been made for New Year of 1711.

Play: Shusse Taiheiki
Theater: Ichimura, 1710.11

Signed (this sheet unsigned)
無款

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.