Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of Ki no Natora – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of Ki no Natora

Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of Ki no Natora

初代尾上松助の記ノ名虎亡魂

Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)

Japanese

Edo period

1791 (Kansei 3), 8th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 13.8 cm (12 3/8 x 5 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6076

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #18

DescriptionPlay: Kiku no En Mukashi no Miyako
Theater: Nakamura
菊ノ宴むかしの都
中村

Signed Shunkô ga
春好画

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.