Tôshûsai Sharaku

Prints
Japan

Subject/design:

Man with a woman kneeling by his side, holding a pipe.

Portrait of the actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV in the role of Magoemon, and of Nakayama Tomisaburô in the role of Umegawa. Produced following a performance of the play Shinrei yaguchi no watashi 神霊矢口渡 - Yomo no nishiki kokyô no tabiji 四方錦故郷旅路, the 8th month of 1794 at the Kiri-za Theater.

Date:

1794, published by Tsutaya Jûsaburô

Size:

ôban, 36,2 cm x 24,7 cm

Place of origin:

Japan

Artist:

Tôshûsai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽 (active 1794-1795)

Inventory number:

CB.EJ.1937.69

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard