Actor Segawa Kikunojô III in the Lion Dance (Shakkyô)

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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III in the Lion Dance (Shakkyô)

三代目瀬川菊之丞の石橋

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.2 x 24.6 cm (13 7/16 x 9 11/16 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 Number54.382

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #s 28, 29; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #102, pl. 256; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 4 (1981), #218; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #117, pl. 182; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #878, pl. LXXXIV

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13916 (color), 54.382 (key block)

Play: Shakkyô no Shosa
Theater: Ichimura
石橋の所作（しゃっきょうのしょさ）
市村

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)