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初代尾上松助の門兵衛
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Monbei
初代尾上松助の門兵衛
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; 29.7 x 14.3 cm (11 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4057
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #89 (complete); Hattori, Ichikawa Danjûrô daidai (2002), #86 (compleClark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #493 (photo of C only, description of pentaptych); Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #s 33-7 (complete pentaptych)
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.
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
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.