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Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Osome


「おそめ 瀬川菊之丞」(三代目)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1788 (Tenmei 8), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.8 x 13 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.38
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Hokusai (2013), #4; Ukiyo-e shūka 16 (1981), p. 224, hosoban #43?
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Hatsugasumi
Play (main feature): Keisei Natori Soga
Theater: Kiri
おそめ久松浮名の初霞(おそめひさまつうきなのはつがすみ)
けいせい優曽我(けいせいなとりそが)

Signed Shunrō ga
春朗画
Marks No publisher's mark
版元:なし
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)