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五代目市川団十郎の助六
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Sukeroku
五代目市川団十郎の助六
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month or 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.4 x 15.1 cm (12 3/4 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.376
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #89 (complete); Hattori, Ichikawa Danjûrô daidai (2002), #86 (complete); Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #493 (photo of C only, description of pentaptych); Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #s 33-7 (complete)
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
MFA impressions: 11.18847 (CR), 21.4056 (CL), 21.4057 (R), 21.7149-51 (CR, C, CL), 34.376 (CL)
Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我（ななくさよそおいそが）
中村
The actors performed in these roles in the first month and again in the fifth month.
MFA impressions: 11.18847 (CR), 21.4056 (CL), 21.4057 (R), 21.7149-51 (CR, C, CL), 34.376 (CL)
Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我（ななくさよそおいそが）
中村
The actors performed in these roles in the first month and again in the fifth month.
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
春章画
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)