Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II (R), Sawamura Sôjûrô III (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô V (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II (R), Sawamura Sôjûrô III (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô V (L)

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II (R), Sawamura Sôjûrô III (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô V (L)

二代目市川門之助　　三代目沢村宗十郎　　五代目市川団十郎

Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)

Japanese

Edo period

1780s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 30.9 x 41.4 cm (12 3/16 x 16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6028-30

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #169 (R only)

DescriptionTriptych: 21.6028 (right), 21.6029 (left), 21.6030 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.18410VR (11.18410, 11.18411, 11.18968), *11.18969 (center sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.18970 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 21.6028-30 (complete)

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 426); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.