Triptych: Seizing an Arrow

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

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.

Inscriptions [Signature] Kunisada ga

Credit Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990

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Creator

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1823-1880) (Artist)

Period

ca. 1850 (late Edo)

Medium

mulberry paper, pigments
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.319

Measurements

each panel: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.83 x 25.4 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View