Actor Bandô Sanpachi I as Asaina no Saburô (=Asahina Saburô) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Bandô Sanpachi I as Asaina no Saburô (=Asahina Saburô)

Actor Bandô Sanpachi I as Asaina no Saburô (=Asahina Saburô)

「あさいなの三郎　坂東三八」（初代）

Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Emiya (Uemura) Kichiemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1753 (Hôreki 3), 1st month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 30.4 x 14.3 cm (11 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7212

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0320

DescriptionPlay: Haru Fukami Iroha Soga
Theater: Ichimura
春深以呂波曽我（はるふかみいろはそが）
市村

Signed Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
鳥居清信筆

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.