Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III as Soga no Jūrō and Iwai Hanshirō IV as Oniō’s Daughter Okuni (?)

三代目沢村宗十郎の曽我十郎、四代目岩井半四郎の鬼王娘お国ヵ

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japanese

Edo period

1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 27.6 x 12.7 cm (10 7/8 x 5 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1271

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Izawa, "Katsushika Shunrō...," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 79 (1983), p. 16, #19; Ukiyo-e shūka 16 (1981), p. 224, hosoban #41

DescriptionPlay: Koi no Yosu ga Kanagaki Soga
Theater: Ichimura
恋便仮名書曽我（こいのよすがかながきそが）
市村
1789、己酉、天明０９、01・16

Signed Shunrō ga
春朗画

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross