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Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô III as Soga no Gorô (?)


三代松本幸四郎の曽我五郎ヵ
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1769 (Meiwa 6), 1st month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.7 x 14.9 cm (12 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4691
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #218; Ukiyo-e taisei 5 (1930), #227; Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #118
DescriptionPlay: Soga Moyô Aigo no Wakamatsu (?)
Theater: Nakamura (?)
曽我(衣+我)愛護若松(そがもようあいごのわかまつ)ヵ
中村ヵ
Signed Bunchô ga
文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.