Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Ishida no Tsubone, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Valor (Chûkô giyû den)

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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Ishida no Tsubone, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Valor (Chûkô giyû den)

「忠孝義勇伝　いしたの局」　五代目市川蝦蔵

Hasegawa Sadanobu I (Japanese, 1809–1879)

Japanese

Edo period

1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.1 x 18.5 cm (9 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.17

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #070 (L sheet); Keyes 1973, #289ab, photo on p. 241 (R and C sheets)

DescriptionCenter sheet of an incomplete triptych.

Play: Keisei Ishikawazome
Theater: Naka
けいせい石川染
中

Signed Sadanobu
貞信

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)