Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Ono Kudayû – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Ono Kudayû

Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Ono Kudayû

七代目片岡仁左衛門の斧九太夫

Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1795 (Kansei 7), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6013

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Katsukawa Shunshô (Ôta Mus. cat., 2016), #161; Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 203

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Miyako
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんくら）
都

Signed Shun'ei ga
春英画

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.