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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô II as Katsura Kokingo


二代目坂東三津五郎の桂小金吾
Tôshûsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–1795)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.8 x 14.9 cm (12 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number41.217
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Sharaku (2011), #141; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), reference #L; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #77; Hillier, Vever cat. 2 (1976), #612
DescriptionPlay: Uruôtôshi Meika no Homare
Theater: Miyako
閏訥子名和歌誉(うるおうとしめいかのほまれ)

Signed Sharaku ga
写楽画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal: (unread)
改印:極
Provenance1941, sold to the MFA by Cecilia Putzel, through Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen. (Accession Date: April 10, 1941)