Actors Ichikawa Danzô IV as Amakawaya Gihei and Ôtani Tokuji I as Igo – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Ichikawa Danzô IV as Amakawaya Gihei and Ôtani Tokuji I as Igo

Actors Ichikawa Danzô IV as Amakawaya Gihei and Ôtani Tokuji I as Igo

四代目市川団蔵の天川屋義兵、初代大谷徳次の伊吾

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.3 x 14.6 cm (12 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.202

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Morita
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
森田
1781、辛丑、天明０１、03・11

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)