Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of a kabuki actor in the role of a samurai with overlaid secondary portrait.
Call Number
E Row 1/GC063/Box 06/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01195
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/4b29b609k
Publisher
n.d. [mid-1900s].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1900
Extent
1 item ; sheet 36.5 x 27.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Ink on paper
Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Actors—Japan—In art
Kabuki in art
Samurai—Japan—In art
Theater—Japan—In art
Studies (visual works).

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a84a8e8b-80d1-4e6e-9407-693e317c1e94/manifest