Actor Sakata Hangorô II as the sumo wrestler Kujaku Saburô Narihira (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Sakata Hangorô II as the sumo wrestler Kujaku Saburô Narihira (?)

Actor Sakata Hangorô II as the sumo wrestler Kujaku Saburô Narihira (?)

二代目坂田半五郎の力士業平ヵ

Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)

Japanese

Edo period

1776 (An'ei 5), 11th month (?)

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.5 x 13.5 cm (12 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6088

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #554

DescriptionPlay: Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi (?)
Theater: Ichimura (?)
姿花雪黒主（すがたのはなゆきのくろぬし）
市村

Signed Shunkô ga
春好画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, 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.