Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Courtesan Shimabara (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Courtesan Shimabara (?)

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Courtesan Shimabara (?)

四代目岩井半四郎の傾城島原

Katsukawa Shunjô (Japanese, died in 1787)

Japanese

Edo period

1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 7th month (?)

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.5 x 14.8 cm (12 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6042

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Keisei Shimabara Gundan (?)
Theater: Nakamura
けいせい島原軍談（けいせいしまばらぐんだん）
中村

Signed Shunjô ga
春常画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.