Actor Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei, from the series Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigaoe shû) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei, from the series Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigaoe shû)

Actor Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei, from the series Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigaoe shû)

春仙似顔集　二代目実川延若の団七九郎兵衛

Natori Shunsen (Japanese, 1886–1960)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1926 (Taishô 15/Shôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.9 x 27.2 cm (15 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Justine F. Kershaw Fund

Accession Number66.419

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Brown et al., Fresh Impressions (2013), cat. 148; Folan et al, Stars of the Tokyo Stage (2012), p. 93

DescriptionPlay: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami

Signed Shunsen ga

ProvenanceBy 1966, Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Kirkpatrick, New York; 1966, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 1966)