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「けいせいかつらき 岩井半四郎」(四代)
Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Courtesan Katsuragi
「けいせいかつらき 岩井半四郎」(四代)
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
1783 (Tenmei 3), autumn
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.3 x 13.8 cm (12 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession NumberRES.40.63
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #333 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #361; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #1038, pl. CXXXI
DescriptionPlay: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Nakamura
伊達競阿国戯場(だてくらべおくにかぶき)
中村
Theater: Nakamura
伊達競阿国戯場(だてくらべおくにかぶき)
中村
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
Provenance1940, anonymous gift to the MFA (in compliance with Chie Hirano's wish). (Accession date: June 13, 1940)