The actor Asaō Tamejūrō playing the part of a warrior threatening a woman who kneels holding a matchlock gun

Details

• Title

  The actor Asaō Tamejūrō playing the part of a warrior threatening a woman who kneels holding a matchlock gun

• Artist/maker

  Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762 - 1819) (designer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1780 - 1819

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 55.8 x 40.6 cm (height x width)
  sheet 32.8 x 22.1 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.4063

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