Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as a Princess Toki (Tokihime) / Kunichika Toyohara

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Accession Number: 2003/1.413
Title: Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as a Princess Toki (Tokihime)
Artist: Kunichika Toyohara
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: 1835-1900
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1865
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. James Hayes
Inscription: Artist's seal: Kunichika ga + single toshidama seal; Publisher's seal: Ebirin; Censor's seal: Ushi shi (?) aratame (1865/4?); Carver's seal: Matsushima Horimasa
Period: Japan, Bakumatsu (1830–1868)
Dimensions: 36.2 cm x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 in. x 9 9/16 in.)
Century: 19th century
Subject Matter: Sawamura Tanosuke III was an actor working at the end of the Edo period and in early years of Meiji. Here, he depicts Princess Toki, the love interest of Miuranosuke in the play "Kamakura Sandaiki." The play was originally a Bunraku and tells the tale of Miuranosuke, a battle hero who is restored by the love and unrivaled beauty of Toki, a tragic character who must struggle between her love of Miuranosuke and her devotion to her father. (see Zoe Kincaid, "Kabuki and the Popular Stage").
Primary Keywords: actors; kabuki
Secondary Keywords: entertainers; entertainment; how we live; people and occupations
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1945 x 2844
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Record: 2003/1.413
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Full citation: "Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as a Princess Toki (Tokihime); Kunichika Toyohara." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.413/2003_1.413.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.