Actor Kataoka Gadô II as Matsugae Tetsunosuke, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Kataoka Gadô II as Matsugae Tetsunosuke, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

Actor Kataoka Gadô II as Matsugae Tetsunosuke, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　松がへ鉄之助」　二代目片岡我童

Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.9 x 16.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.38

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #82; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #42a (no photo)

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)