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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume Hangan Morihisa


九代目市村羽左衛門の今様の役人花形主馬之介本名主馬判官盛久
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; 27 x 12.3 cm (10 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4752
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 030-0155; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #238; Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #s 244-6 (complete triptych)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.

Play: Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga
Theater: Ichimura
江戸花陽向曽我(えどのはなわかやぎそが)
市村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Baron Sumitomo; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.