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Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Sasaki Gennosuke, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)


「忠孝武勇伝 佐々木源のすけ」 初代実川延三郎
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; 23.4 x 16.6 cm (9 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.62
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 016-0859
DescriptionPlay: Nagara Chôja Uguisuzuka
Theater: Naka
長柄長者黄鳥墳(ながらちょうじゃうぐいすづか)

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)