Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Masakado (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Charcoal Seller (Kuroki-uri) Oshizu (?) (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Masakado (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Charcoal Seller (Kuroki-uri) Oshizu (?) (L)

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Masakado (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Charcoal Seller (Kuroki-uri) Oshizu (?) (L)

五代目市川団十郎の将門　　四代目岩井半四郎の黒木売おしづ

Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)

Japanese

Edo period

1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1), 11th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 31.3 x 28.5 cm (12 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6157-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 21.6157 (left), 21.6158 (right)

Play: Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri
Theater: Ichimura
花御江戸将門祭（はなのおえどまさかどまつり）
市村

Signed Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.