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「清玄尼」初代坂東しうか
Actor Bandô Shûka I as the Nun Seigen (Seigen-ni)
「清玄尼」初代坂東しうか
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.52.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db (complete triptych)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
Play: Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
初桜尾上岩藤
市村
Play: Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
初桜尾上岩藤
市村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
Provenance1952, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.