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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Florist Okiku, Actually Fox Kojorô


三代目瀬川菊之丞の草花うりお菊実ハ小女郎狐
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.9 x 14 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.205
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #454
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.24965 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.205

Play: Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata
Theater: Ichimura
群高松雪旙(むれたかまつゆきのしらはた)
市村
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)