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Rolling a Mortar across the Snow

(Japanese, active about 1810–1844)
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHarimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 16.6 x 23.9 cm (6 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.812
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
Swallow and Spider
Taigaku
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)
Rolling a Mortar across the Snow
Taigaku
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month