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「忠孝武勇傳 六部弟合法」 二代目片岡我童
Actor Kataoka Gadô II as the Younger Brother (Otôto) Gappô, a Rokubu Pilgrim, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)
「忠孝武勇傳 六部弟合法」 二代目片岡我童
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23.4 x 16.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.64
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #129; Kamigata yakusha-e no sekai (2001), #90; Keyes 1973, p. 22, mentioned under #137.9ab
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.541.64, 11.35664
Forms a diptych with 08.541.30.
Play: Chûkô Homare no Futamichi
Theater: Minami, Kyoto
忠孝誉二街
京南
Forms a diptych with 08.541.30.
Play: Chûkô Homare no Futamichi
Theater: Minami, Kyoto
忠孝誉二街
京南
Signed
Hirosada
広貞
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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)