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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as the Sparrow Seller Bunji Yasukata (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no suzume uri Bunji Yasukata), 1794 (Kansei 6). Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e.
Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e · 32.5 × 16 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as the Sparrow Seller Bunji Yasukata (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no suzume uri Bunji Yasukata)
- Artist
- Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽 Japanese, active 1794-95
- Date
- 1794 (Kansei 6)
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e
- Dimensions
- 32.5 × 16 cm (12 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.