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「あこや 尾上松助」（初代）
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Akoya
「あこや 尾上松助」（初代）
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; 27.2 x 12.8 cm (10 11/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden
Accession Number52.1397
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #354 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #396-2, pl. 170; not in Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), but see #154, pl. VI, for center sheet
DescriptionPlay: Edo Meisho Midori Soga
Theater: Morita
江戸名所緑曽我（えどめいしょみどりそが）
森田
Theater: Morita
江戸名所緑曽我（えどめいしょみどりそが）
森田
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)