Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Sasaki Gennosuke, from the series Japanese Stories of Loyalty and Filial Piety (Honchô chûkôden) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Sasaki Gennosuke, from the series Japanese Stories of Loyalty and Filial Piety (Honchô chûkôden)

Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Sasaki Gennosuke, from the series Japanese Stories of Loyalty and Filial Piety (Honchô chûkôden)

「本朝忠孝伝　佐々木源之助」　初代実川延三郎

Gochôtei Sadamasu I (Kunimasu) (Japanese, active 1834–1852)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25 x 17.4 cm (9 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.12

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #158

DescriptionPlay: Nagara Chôja Uguisuzuka
Theater: Naka
長柄長者黄鳥塚（ながらちょうじゃうぐいすずか）
中

Signed Kunimasu
国升

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)