Actor as Kudô Saemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor as Kudô Saemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

Actor as Kudô Saemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　工藤左衛門」

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.2 x 16.6 cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.48

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

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)