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Actor Bando Mitsugorô I as Tennen no Mansaku-gitsune


初代坂東三津五郎の天念の万作狐
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
1778 (An'ei 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.5 x 14.6 cm (12 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5564
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #349, pl. 011 (complete trip.); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #393, pl. 168; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #116, pl. V
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

Play: Motomishi Yukibae Hachi no ki
Theater: Nakamura
瞻雪栄鉢木(もとみしゆきばえはちのき)
中村
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenanceJuly 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.