Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Jôruri-hime (with a puppet of Yoshitsune) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Jôruri-hime (with a puppet of Yoshitsune)

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Jôruri-hime (with a puppet of Yoshitsune)

三代瀬川菊之丞の浄瑠璃姫

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1777 (An'ei 6), 11th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.4 x 14.9 cm (12 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4220

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Chigo Torii Tobiire Kitsune
Theater: Ichimura
児華表飛入阿紫（ちごとりいとびいりきつね）
市村

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, 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.