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Actor Ichikawa Shikô II as the Girl (Musume) Shinobu, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)


「忠孝武勇傳 むすめしのぶ」 二代目市川市紅
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; 23.4 x 16.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.66
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Kamigata #17-4; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #105
Description碁太平記白石噺

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)