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Snake (Mi): (Actors as) Karaki Masaemon and Sawai Matagorō
Snake (Mi): (Actors as) Karaki Masaemon and Sawai Matagorō
Object number1987.20.77

Snake (Mi): (Actors as) Karaki Masaemon and Sawai Matagorō

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Selections for the Twelve Zodiac Signs
Date1852
Artist (Japanese, Utagawa, 1798 - 1861)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet (Vertical ōban): 14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (36 x 25 cm)
Credit LineGift of Justine Lewis Keidel, class of 1937
On View
Not on view
Period19th c (Edo period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, off-center right edge, artist's signature in gourd-shaped cartouche, in block: 一勇斎国芳画 (ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga)
InscribedOn recto, upper right, in block: 見立十二支之内　巳　唐木正右衛門　沢井又五郎 (Snake (Mi): (Actors as) Karaki Masaemon and Sawai Matagorô, from the series Selections for the Twelve Zodiac Signs; Mitate jūnishi no uchi)
MarkingsOn recto, center right edge, censors' seals in block: 衣笠、村田、子八 (Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8) On recto, center left edge, blockcutter's mark in yellow cartouche, in block: 彫巳の (Hori Mino)
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