• Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as  Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of <i>otokodate</i>

Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周) (artist 1835 – 1900)

Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of otokodate

Print


04/1865
9.75 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Kunichika ga (国周画)
Artist's seal: toshidama in red
Publisher: Izutsuya Shōkichi
(Marks 188 - seal 24-055)
Carver: Hori Ei
Date seal: 1865, 4th mo.
Series #: 2 (二)
Waseda University
Lyon Collection - Kuniyoshi triptych with plovers
Lyon Collection - Utamaro with plovers
Lyon Collection - Kunisada with plovers
Lyon Collection - another print from this series
Hankyu Culture Foundation
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden) via Ritsumeikan University Sawamura Tanosuke III is wearing a robe patterned with chidori (plovers) flying over a river. This motif appears in a number of prints in the Lyon Collection. One is by Utamaro, one by Kunisada and two copies of a triptych by Kuniyoshi. See the links attached above.

Another motif which should be noted is the large irises which fill the background. The iris is closely related to the Boy's Festival which was held at the fifth day of the fifth month. The flowers were included in the boys' baths and the leaves were used as toy swords.

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There are eight prints from this set in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Izutsuya Shōkichi (井筒屋庄吉) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Sawamura Tanosuke III (三代目沢村田之助: 1/1859 to July, 1878) (actor)