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Actor Segawa Kikunojô II as the Courtesan Hitachi


二代目瀬川菊之丞のけいせい常陸
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Publisher: Okumuraya
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.3 x 13.9 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 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.54.134
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal: The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups)
Theater: Ichimura

Other impressions: Honolulu, British Museum
和田酒盛納三組(わださかもりをさめのみつぐみ)
市村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)