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Title
Shôgatsu-ya (actor Sakata Hangorô III )
1794
Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni
Japan
1769 - 1825
Details
Other Title
The actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Daimyo Abe No Mumeto
Alternative title
Yakusha butai no sugata-e: Shôgatsu-ya
Date
1794
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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Utagawa Toyokuni
Shôgatsu-ya (actor Sakata Hangorô III )
Place
Where the work was made
Japan
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
Heroes and Villains, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 May 2001–19 Aug 2001
Referenced in 3 publications
Bibliography
AJIOKA Chiaki (Curator), Heroes and villains: from Japan's floating world, Sydney, May 2001, 8. cat.no. 3.27
Editional Committee of the Ukiyo-e Encyclopedia (Editor), Ukiyo-e Dai-hyakkajiten, Tokyo, 1982, vol.8/ 48 (colour illus.).
Yoshida Teruji, Ukiyo-e Jiten, Japan, 1990, vol.3/ 364-8 (illus.).