Actor Ôkawa Hashizô I as Tenjiku Kaja, from the series One Hundred Heroes of Our Country (Honchô hyakuyû den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Ôkawa Hashizô I as Tenjiku Kaja, from the series One Hundred Heroes of Our Country (Honchô hyakuyû den)

Actor Ôkawa Hashizô I as Tenjiku Kaja, from the series One Hundred Heroes of Our Country (Honchô hyakuyû den)

「本朝百雄伝　天竺冠者」　初代大川橋蔵

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

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25 x 17 cm (9 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.13

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #153

DescriptionPlay: Sangoku Daiichi Nochi no Kusemono
Theater: Kado
三国大市川対恋（さんごくだいいちのちのくせもの）
角

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)