Washing the Manuscript (Sôshi arai Komachi): Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Present-day Actors as the Seven Komachi (Imayô yakusha nana Komachi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Washing the Manuscript (Sôshi arai Komachi): Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Present-day Actors as the Seven Komachi (Imayô yakusha nana Komachi)

Washing the Manuscript (Sôshi arai Komachi): Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Present-day Actors as the Seven Komachi (Imayô yakusha nana Komachi)

「今やう役者小まち　草紙洗小町」　五代目岩井半四郎

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Japanese

Edo period

1812 (Bunka 9), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.3 x 26 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.130

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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)