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Actor Ichikawa Ennosuke II as Kakudayû, from the series Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigaoe shû)


春仙似顔集 二代目市川猿之助の角太夫
Natori Shunsen (Japanese, 1886–1960)
Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1927 (Shôwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.1 x 27.4 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Justine F. Kershaw Fund
Accession Number66.417
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Brown et al., Fresh Impressions (2013), cat. 155; Folan et al, Stars of the Tokyo Stage (2012), p. 97; Smith, Modern Japanese Prints (1994), pl. 42; Smith, The J. Print since 1900 (1983), #49, photo p. 73
DescriptionPlay: Tôyama-zakura Tenpô Nikki
Signed Shunsen
Marks Blockcutter's mark
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)