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Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III as Kujaku Saburō
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III as Kujaku Saburō

Date1794
Object number2013.31.10
Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, Japanese Works of Art, Prints & Paintings, Nov. 9, 2006, sale no. L06861, lot no. 769, reproduced p. 36]; purchased at auction by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2006; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2013
Photo CreditPhoto: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 18, reproduced p. 41. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Renegade Edo: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec, July 21 - Dec. 3, 2023. Text by Xiaojin Wu. No cat. no., pp. 48-49, 101, reproduced pl. 18.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsSheet size: 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (32.4 x 22.2 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper