Iwai Shijaku and another Actor in a Night Scene

1829–33

Medium: Polychrome woodblock print; oban diptych
Dimensions: without mounting: 15 1/16 × 20 9/16 in. (38.3 × 52.3 cm)
with mounting: 22 1/16 × 27 15/16 in. (56 × 71 cm)
Credit Line: Fred Olsen Fund
Accession Number: 1977.142
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Purchased in 1977 by Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Marks

Engraver's seal (rectangle, relief): Surimono hori Kasuke; Artist's seal below signature (square, intaglio): Fumoto no yuki

Signed and seals on left print, lower left, and on right print, lower right: "Shunkosai Hokuei"

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