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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as a Blind Man, in a Dance of Seven Changes


四代目岩井半四郎の七変化の坐頭
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1787 (Tenmei 7), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30 x 14.4 cm (11 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4353
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa): Shichihenge no shosa (Dance of Seven Changes)
Play: Miyakodori Yayoi no Watari
Theater: Kiri
七へんけの所作
都鳥弥生渡(みやこどりやよいのわたし)

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
ProvenanceNovember 1919, 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.