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Source Description
The figure in the middle grabs an arrow--but when and why is not known. The three actors, each in fringed robes, are Bando Hikosaburo V, Sawamura Tanosuke, and Kawarazaki Gonjuro, but the play in which they are appearing has not been identified.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
10207
label
Triptych: Seizing an Arrow
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10207
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Triptych: Seizing an Arrow
description
The figure in the middle grabs an arrow--but when and why is not known. The three actors, each in fringed robes, are Bando Hikosaburo V, Sawamura Tanosuke, and Kawarazaki Gonjuro, but the play in which they are appearing has not been identified.
provenance
Mr. Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
triptychs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.8
height
25.4
dimensionsRaw
each panel: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.83 x 25.4 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Kunisada ga
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
2295
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
43484de43ab1dd88