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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Fox Otatsu (Otatsu-gitsune)


四代岩井半四郎のお辰狐
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.3 cm (12 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4756
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #39; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #103
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
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.