Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Asagao (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Asagao (?)

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Asagao (?)

四代目岩井半四郎の朝顔ヵ

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1780 (An'ei 9), 11th month (?)

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 15.2 cm (12 3/8 x 6 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4229

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (?)
Thearter: Nakamura
極飜錦壮貌（きてかえるにしきのわかやか）
中村

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.