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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Sukeroku


五代目市川団十郎の助六
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month or 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.6 x 14.9 cm (12 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4056
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #89 (complete); Hattori, Ichikawa Danjûrô daidai (2002), #86 (complete); Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #493 (photo of C only, description of pentaptych); Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #s 33-7 (complete)
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete pentaptych.

MFA impressions: 11.18847 (CR), 21.4056 (CL), 21.4057 (R), 21.7149-51 (CR, C, CL), 34.376 (CL)

Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我(ななくさよそおいそが)
中村

The actors performed in these roles in the first month and again in the fifth month.
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.