Actor Ichikawa Yaozô II as the Footman (Yakko) Gunsuke

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Actor Ichikawa Yaozô II as the Footman (Yakko) Gunsuke

二代目市川八百蔵の奴軍助

Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Publisher: Okumuraya

Japanese

Edo period

1770 (Meiwa 7), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.6 x 14.7 cm (12 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4753

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #40; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #77; Ukiyo-e taisei 5 (1930), #222

DescriptionPlay: Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga
Theater: Nakamura
鏡池俤曽我（かがみがいけおもかげそが）
中村

Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画

Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#392); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.