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二代目市川門之助の蓮西坊
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Rensaibô
二代目市川門之助の蓮西坊
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30.9 x 14 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4131
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #437; Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #140 (described but not illustrated)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.18796VR (11.18796, 11.18825) (C and L only), 21.4130 (R only), 21.4131 (L only)
Play: Hike ya Tende ni Tsurigane-biiki
Main feature: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Theater: Nakamura
曳各鐘贔屓（ひけやてんでにつりがねひいき）
初紋日艶郷曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
中村
MFA impressions: 11.18796VR (11.18796, 11.18825) (C and L only), 21.4130 (R only), 21.4131 (L only)
Play: Hike ya Tende ni Tsurigane-biiki
Main feature: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Theater: Nakamura
曳各鐘贔屓（ひけやてんでにつりがねひいき）
初紋日艶郷曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
中村
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
春章画
ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.