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Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuômaru


「松王丸」四代目中村歌右衛門
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.5 cm (9 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.28
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Naka
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)

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)