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Actor Mimasu Daigorô IV as Musashibô Benkei, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)


「忠孝武勇伝 むさし坊弁慶」 四代目三枡大五郎
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.4 x 16 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.60
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #116
Description御所桜堀川夜討

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)