Accession Number
2003/1.604

Title
Sawamura Kunitarô as Onô, wife of ... (with young boy in tow, at a crossroads) (part of a series with 2003/1.605, 606)

Artist(s)
Utagawa Kunihiro

Object Creation Date
1831-1835

Medium & Support
color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
15 3/16 in. x 10 3/16 in. ( 38.5 cm x 25.8 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. James Hayes

Subject matter
Very little is known about Osaka actor Sawamura Kunitarō II.  He held the name Kunitarō from 1819 until his death in the spring of 1836.

Physical Description
In this print, a woman kneels on the ground near a road marker.  Next to her is a young boy, also kneeling.  In the background are checker-like fields and a row of mountains.  Three birds fly above them.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunihiro-ga; Publisher’s seal: Ten, Tenki; Jū[undeciphered] nyōbō Onō, Sawamura Kunitarō

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
actors
boys
kabuki
theater (discipline)
women (female humans)