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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Kewaizaka no Shôshô


四代目岩井半四郎の化粧坂少将
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1779 (An'ei 8), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.5 x 13.5 cm (12 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4228
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Gohiiki Nennen Soga
Theater: Nakamura
御贔屓年々曽我(ごひいきねんねんそが)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga (partly cut off)
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.