Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô II as Kudô Saemon (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô II as Kudô Saemon (?)

Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô II as Kudô Saemon (?)

「松本幸四郎」（初代）　工藤左衛門ヵ

Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1742 (Kanpô 2), 1st month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic powder

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.9 x 15.1 cm (12 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5445

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Musume Soga Gaijin Yashima (?)
Theater: Nakamura
娘曽我鎧陣八島（むすめそがかいじんやしま）
中村

Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
絵師鳥居清倍筆

ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.