Actors Arashi San'emon IX as Morokoshi-hime (R), Ôkawa Hashizô I as Tenjiku Tokubei (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Nippondaemon (L), from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

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Actors Arashi San'emon IX as Morokoshi-hime (R), Ôkawa Hashizô I as Tenjiku Tokubei (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Nippondaemon (L), from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　唐土ひめ｣九代目嵐三右衛門　　「忠孝武勇伝　天ぢく徳兵衛｣初代大川橋蔵　　「忠孝武勇伝　日ほん駄右衞門｣五代目市川海老蔵

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

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban triptych; 25 x 52.5 cm (9 13/16 x 20 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.55a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #99; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #136.6 (drawing)

DescriptionPlay: Sangoku Daiichi Nochi no Kusemono
Theater: Kado

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)