Polytych: Suikoden gohen

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description One memorable day in 1850, the virtuoso actor Onoe Tamizo II exhibited his talents as a quick-change artist, appearing in turn (from right) as a ceremonial dancer, a drunken servant, a young girl with an insect cage, a Chinese dancer, and a fisherman wrestling a carp.

Provenance Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Hirosada

Credit Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990

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Creators

Konishi Hirosada (Japanese, 1810-1864) (Artist)
Meikiodo (Publisher)

Period

1850 (late Edo)

Medium

mulberry paper, color, ink
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.733

Measurements

each panel: 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.78 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View