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Actor as Inusaka Keno, from the series Hakkenden


「八犬伝 犬さか毛の」
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Publisher: Kinkadô Konishi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1850 (Kaei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.4 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.36
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #224 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionMitate casting for Hana no Ani Tsubomi no Yatsufusa.
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)