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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Fox Otatsu (Otatsu-gitsune) in the guise of a Tea Whisk Seller


四代目岩井半四郎の茶せん売り姿のお辰狐
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 13.8 cm (11 5/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4729
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato
Theater: Nakamura
鵺森一陽的(ぬえのもりいちようのまと)
中村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.