Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Nioteru-hime (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Nioteru-hime (?)

Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Nioteru-hime (?)

初代芳沢いろはの鳰照姫ヵ

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1775 (An'ei 4), 1st month (?)

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 14 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4258

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Iromoyô Aoyagi Soga (?)
Theater: Nakamura
色模様青柳曽我（いろもようあおやぎそが）
中村

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#577); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.