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Actor Kataoka Gadô XII as Miyuki


十二代目片岡我童の深雪
Yoshikawa Kanpô (Japanese, 1894–1979)
Publisher: Satô Shôtarô (Japanese)
Japanese
Taishô era
1923 (Taishô 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 42.8 x 28.5 cm (16 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.51.116
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Brown et al., Fresh Impressions (2013), cat. 336; Folan et al, Stars of the Tokyo Stage (2012), p. 32; Chiba Mus., Nihon no hanga III (2001), #26; Smith, Modern Japanese Prints (1994), pl. 43; Hizô ukiyo-e taikan: Mura (Muller coll.; 1990), pl. 168
DescriptionMFA impressions: 38.712 (Edition: 90/200), RES.51.116 (later printing, uneditioned)

Play: Asagao Nikki
Signed Kanpô (in block)
観方
Marks Publisher's mark: Satô Shô han
Provenance1951, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.