Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (?) as Uji no Tsunemasa, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (?) as Uji no Tsunemasa, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (?) as Uji no Tsunemasa, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　うぢの常政」

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; 23.6 x 16.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.57

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)