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Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Banzui Chôbei


四代目松本幸四郎の幡随長兵衛
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1791 (Kansei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.8 x 14.4 cm (12 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10200
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Calza, Hokusai (2003), pl. I.10 (complete diptych); Izawa, "Katsushika Shunrô...," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 79 (1983), p. 20, #40; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 223, hosoban #64
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych; 11.25195 is the right sheet.

Play (kaomise): Nidai Genji Oshi no Gôkyû
Theater: Nakamura
二代源氏押強弓(にだいげんじ おしのごうきゅう)
中村
Signed Shunrô ga
春朗画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.