Actor Iwai Kumesaburô I as Tomoe Gozen – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Iwai Kumesaburô I as Tomoe Gozen

Actor Iwai Kumesaburô I as Tomoe Gozen

初代岩井粂三郎の巴御前

Publisher: Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Yamashiroya Sahei

Japanese

Edo period

1797 (Kansei 9), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 28.2 x 25.5 cm (11 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7017

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #1.051; Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #205; Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #269

DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark "Yama-sa (2)" (Marks #U407), possibly Yamashiroya Sahei.

Signed Kunimasa ga
国政画

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#551); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.