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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Arakawa Tarô (?) in a Shibaraku scene


五代目市川団十郎の荒川太郎(暫)
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1778 (An'ei 7), 11th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 31.6 x 22.2 cm (12 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4373
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Gookin cat. #178
DescriptionPlay: Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (?)
Theater: Morita (?)
伊達錦対将(だてにしきついのゆみとり)
森田

Danjûrô also performed a Shibaraku scene in the 11th month of the previous year, 1777, as Shigemitsu in Masakado Kanmuri no Hatsuyuki at the Nakamura theater.
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
ProvenanceDecember 1916, 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.