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Title

Shôgatsu-ya (actor Sakata Hangorô III )

1794

Artist

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japan

1769 - 1825

An image of Shôgatsu-ya (actor Sakata Hangorô III ) by Utagawa Toyokuni

Details

Other Title

The actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Daimyo Abe No Mumeto

Alternative title

Yakusha butai no sugata-e: Shôgatsu-ya

Place where the work was made

Japan

Date

1794

Media category

Print

Materials used

woodblock print; ink and colour on paper

Dimensions

37.3 x 24.5 cm image; 37.3 x 25.0 cm sheet

Signature & date

Sined l.l., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni ga [picture by Toyokuni]". Not dated.

Credit

Purchased 1961

Location

Not on display

Accession number

DO4.1961

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Artist information

Utagawa Toyokuni

Works in the collection

12

Place

Where the work was made
Japan
Shown in 2 exhibitions

Exhibition history

Referenced in 3 publications

Bibliography

Ukiyo-e Dai-hyakkajiten, Tokyo, 1982, vol.8/ 48 (colour illus.).

Ukiyo-e Jiten, Japan, 1990, vol.3/ 364-8 (illus.).

Heroes and villains: from Japan's floating world, Sydney, May 2001, 8. cat.no. 3.27