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Actors Kataoka Ichizô I as Jirozô (R) and Kataoka Gadô II as Heiji (L), in Akogi ga ura monogatari


「次郎蔵 片岡市蔵」(初代) 「平次 片岡我童」(二代目)
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.8a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #409
DescriptionPlay: Seishû Akogi-ga-ura
Theater: Chikugo
勢州阿漕浦(せいしゅうあこぎがうら)
Signed Hirosada
広貞
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)