Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of the Scarface Yosaburo being pursued by a policeman in Western dress.
Call Number
E Row 1/GC063/Box 05/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01190
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5999n350s
Publisher
n.d. [1890s].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1890
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26.5 x 19.4 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
Depiction: Scene from a popular kabuki drama Scarface Yosaburo (Kirare Yosaburo).
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
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/1851e269-be1d-449e-850f-1668f8c55f38/manifest