id:			111676
accession number:	1930.206
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.206
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:16.468000

Otani Tokuji as the Servant Sodesuke, 1794. Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.2 x 25.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.206

title:				Otani Tokuji as the Servant Sodesuke
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creation date:			1794
creation date earliest:		1794
creation date latest:		1794
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creditline:			Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 36.2 x 25.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Toshusai Sharaku ga (in lower right corner)
Publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo (emblem)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1934-09-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Ways of Drawing Faces
	opening date:   1944-10-01T04:00:00
	<i>Ways of Drawing Faces</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1944-January 31, 1945).

	title:		Transformations in Japanese Printmaking
	opening date:   1984-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>Transformations in Japanese Printmaking</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).

	title:		Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   2004-12-12T00:00:00
	<i>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, ?-1925, sold to Edward Loder Whittemore)
	date: ?-1925
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	Edward Loder Whittemore [1862-1930], Cleveland, OH, 1925-1930, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1925-1930
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1930-present
	date: 1930-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Howard Conley Hollis. "The Edward Loder Whittemore Collection of Japanese Prints." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 17, no. 4 (April 1930): 64-66.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 64-66
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137291

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