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The Chinese General Guan Yu (Kan'u): Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Juteikô Kan'u, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki jûhachiban)


「歌舞伎十八番 関羽」 「寿帝公関羽 九世市川団十郎」
Hasegawa Kanpei XIV (Tadakiyo) (Japanese, 1847–1929)
Publisher: Hasegawa Sumi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Yatarô (Hori Yata) (Japanese, 1850–1913)
Printer: Surikô Ôkame (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1896 (Meiji 29), June 3

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Accession NumberRES.53.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 201-0134, 201-0155, 201-0165, 201-0198
DescriptionNo. 04 in the order given on the series contents page. The complete series, plus contents page: RES.53.1 to RES.53.19. (The series also included a title page, which is not in the MFA collection; see Waseda db 201-0123.) The date and publication information for each print was in the left margin, which has been cut off of these impressions.
Signed Tadakiyo hitsu
忠清筆
Marks Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Yata
Printer's mark: Surikô Ôkame
Artist's seal: Garaku
彫師:彫工弥太
摺師:摺工大亀
Provenance1953, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: March 12, 1953)