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The Actor Otani Tokuji as the Retainer Sodesuke

初代大谷徳次の奴袖助
The Actor Otani Tokuji as the Retainer Sodesuke (初代大谷徳次の奴袖助)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Painting · Edo period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Toshusai Sharaku.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Paintings
Date
1794
Creator
Toshusai Sharaku (東洲斎写楽、写楽、東州斎写楽)
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-49089

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This image is one of twenty-eight prints featuring popular actors from Edo's kabuki theaters that Sharaku designed within a month. These actor busts are his most highly-valued work today.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “The Actor Otani Tokuji as the Retainer Sodesuke（初代大谷徳次の奴袖助）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-49089. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-actor-otani-tokuji-as-the-retainer-sodesuke/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Ukiyo-e
  • Genre: Painting
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • 員数: 1枚
  • 分類: 絵画
  • 品質形状: 大判 錦絵
  • 種別: 絵画:日本:浮世絵
  • 法量: 縦38.2 横25.4

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