Sawamura Gennosuke Ishii Heisuke (The Actor Sawamura Gennosuke in the Role of Ishii Heisuke) - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

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Sawamura Gennosuke Ishii Heisuke (The Actor Sawamura Gennosuke in the Role of Ishii Heisuke)

Toyokuni, Utagawa

Tokyo, 17/09/1769-Tokyo, 24/02/1825

Xylograph on paper

36.9 x 25.5 cm

Painted by Toyokuni (stylish signature on the seal in the top left hand corner)

1805

19th century. Beginning

82/774

Donated by María de Arechavaleta, from the collection of José Palacio in 1953

Selected bibliography

  • Pereda, Arantxa. La Colección Palacio : arte japonés en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 1998. p. 29, nº cat. 8.
  • Arte japonés y japonismo [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2014. pp. 217, 284-285, nº cat. 79.