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


「忠孝武勇伝 より兼」 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; 23.8 x 16.2 cm (9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.41
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #83; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #325
DescriptionPlay: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
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)