Tôshûsai Sharaku
Prints
Japan
Subject/design:
Portrait of the actor Ichikawa Komazô III 三代目市川高麗蔵 in the role of Shiga no Daishichi 志賀大七, his hand on a sword handle. After a performance of the play Katakiuchi noriaibanashi 敵討乗合話, in the fifth month of 1794 at the Kiri-za theater.
Date:
1794, published by Tsutaya Jûsaburô
Size:
ôban, 37.7 cm x 24.7 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Artist:
Tôshûsai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽 (active 1794-1795)
Inventory number:
CB.EJ.1937.67
Copyright:
Baur Fondation
Photographer:
Marian Gérard