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Actors Arashi Sangorô II and Segawa Kikunojô III as Mandarin Ducks


二代目嵐三五郎と三代目瀬川菊之丞の鴛鴦
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Double hosoban; 30.8 x 29.2 cm (12 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.235
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #68; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 4, V&A Mus. I (1989), p. 229, reference photo; Ukiyo-e shuka 15 (TNM, 1980), fig. 29; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #979; Ukiyo-e taisei 5 (1930), #171; Gookin cat. #138
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14861, 21.4089, 54.235

Play (jôruri): Shijûhatte Koi no Showake
Play: Hana-zumô Genji-biiki
Theater: Nakamura
花相撲源氏張膽(はなずもうげんじびいき)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)