Actor Nakayama Nanshi II as Tora Gozen, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

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Actor Nakayama Nanshi II as Tora Gozen, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　虎御ぜん」　二代目中山南枝

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

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.1 x 16.6 cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.50

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #60; Keyes, PMA cat. 91973), #40b

DescriptionPlay: Keisei Soga Kamakura Daijin
Theater: Naka

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)