Actor Arashi Otohachi II (or Arashi Tojurô ?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Arashi Otohachi II (or Arashi Tojurô ?)

Actor Arashi Otohachi II (or Arashi Tojurô ?)

二代目嵐音八

Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.3 x 15 cm (12 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6092

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 11.18416-7 (complete diptych), 21.6092 (right sheet only)

Signed Shunkô ga
春好画

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.