Actor Ichikawa Omezô I as the Shamaness (Miko) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Ichikawa Omezô I as the Shamaness (Miko)

Actor Ichikawa Omezô I as the Shamaness (Miko)

初代市川男女蔵の巫女

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 14.3 cm (12 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10216

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Izawa, "Katsushika Shunrô...," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 79 (1983), p. 19, #38; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 223, hosoban #68

DescriptionPlay: Kin no Menuki Genke no Kakutsuba (The Golden Sword Decoration and the Square Sword Guard of the Minamoto Family)
Theater: Ichimura
金◇◇源家角鐔（きんのめぬきげんけのかくつば）
市村

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.