Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Yaoya Oshichi

「八百や　お七　瀬川菊之丞」　（三代目）

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

1779 (An'ei 8), 1st month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 30.7 x 14.1 cm (12 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession Number38.1398

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #3; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #359 (no photo); Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #1064 (no photo)

DescriptionPlay: Junshoku Edo Murasaki
Theater: Ichimura
潤色江戸紫（じゅんしょくえどむらさき）
市村

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

Provenance1938, sold by Tokaido, Inc. to the MFA (Accession Date: October 13, 1938)