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Actor Kataoka Gadô II as Chiyo Kôsuke, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Filial Piety, Old and New (Kokin chûkôden)


「古今忠孝伝 手代幸介」 二代目片岡我童
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.3 x 16.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.32
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 016-0839
DescriptionPlay: Naniwa no Umegoyomi
Theater: Wakadayû
浪花の梅暦(なにわのうめごよみ)
大坂・ 若太夫
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)