Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Shirai Gonpachi – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Shirai Gonpachi

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Shirai Gonpachi

四代目岩井半四郎の白井権八

Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1793 (Kansei 5), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 30.5 x 13.4 cm (12 x 5 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6005

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Gozen-gakari Sumô Soga (second part, from the second month)
Theater: Kawarazaki
御前懸相撲曽我（ごぜんがかりすもうそが）、二番目
河原崎

Signed Shun'ei ga
春英画

ProvenanceNovember 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.