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Image Not Available for The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II holding a miniature palanquin
The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II holding a miniature palanquin
Image Not Available for The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II holding a miniature palanquin

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II holding a miniature palanquin

Dateca. 1730
Maker Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active ca. 1717-50
Object number2011.40.5
Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, Japanese Works of Art, Prints & Paintings, Nov. 9, 2006, sale no. L06861, lot no. 724, reproduced p. 15]; purchased at auction by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2006; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2011
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Cat. no. 5, reproduced p. 28.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar
DimensionsSheet size: 12 1/2 x 6 in. (31.8 x 15.2 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and hand coloring on paper
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Ichikawa Danjurô II as Soga Goro and Sodezaki Miwano as Kewaizaka no Shosho
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ca. 1730
Object number: 2011.40.6
Image Not Available for Actor seated on a shishi representing the bodhisattva Monju (Yaro Monju)
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Image Not Available for The Actor Ōtani Hiroji II as Kazusa no Shichirō Kagekiyo
The Actor Ōtani Hiroji II as Kazusa no Shichirō Kagekiyo
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Photo: Scott Leen
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ca. 1850
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1804
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1768
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Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
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1794
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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