Tachibanaya (Actor Ichikawa Yaozô III as Shimobe Hatsuhei), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

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Tachibanaya (Actor Ichikawa Yaozô III as Shimobe Hatsuhei), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

「役者舞台之姿絵　たち花や」　三代目市川八百蔵の下部初平

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1794 (Kansei 6), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 22.9 cm (14 1/4 x 9 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6972

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #84; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #194; Ukiyo-e shuka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 211, fig. 2; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #129

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25332, 21.6972

Play: Hatsu Akebono Kaomise Soga
Theater: Miyako
初曙顔見世曽我（はつあけぼのかおみせそが）
都

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceMay 8, 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the F. May sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.