Nakayama Tomisaburō as the cowheard Ofude in Shinobu koi suzume iro toki, performed at the Kiri Theater the eleventh month of 1794
Tōshūsai Sharaku, Nakayama Tomisaburō as the cowheard Ofude in Shinobu koi suzume iro toki, performed at the Kiri Theater the eleventh month of 1794, 1794, 11th month, color woodblock print on paper; hosoban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.319
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- Title
Nakayama Tomisaburō as the cowheard Ofude in Shinobu koi suzume iro toki, performed at the Kiri Theater the eleventh month of 1794
- Related Titles
original language; descriptive: 中山富三郎の牛飼お筆
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō (Japanese, active 1774-4th month 1852)
- Date
1794, 11th month
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; hosoban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill 2011, cat. 56
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 12 3/8 in x 6 1/16 in; sheet: 13 1/16 in x 6 1/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
censor's mark: 極, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): kiwame (approval) Language: Japanese
publisher's mark: [crest under triple mountain motif], printed in black ink, lower left Translation: [seal of the publisher Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎] Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Kōshodō 耕書堂 active 1774-1852
inscription: , printed in black ink, center right Transliteration (Translation): Gunya Tomisaburō (boneless Tomisaburō) Language: Japanese
signature: 写楽画, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Sharaku ga (picture [by] Sharaku) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.319
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
