Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshirô IV, and Iwai Karumo (?) on a Staircase Landing, from an untitled series of actors backstage – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshirô IV, and Iwai Karumo (?) on a Staircase Landing, from an untitled series of actors backstage

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshirô IV, and Iwai Karumo (?) on a Staircase Landing, from an untitled series of actors backstage

階段に二代目市川門之助、四代目岩井半四郎、岩井かるもヵ

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1782–83 (Tenmei 2–3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.2 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4293

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #463 and cat. no. 95

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#472); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.