Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Hayano Kanpei, from the series The Exemplary Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Chûretsu gishi den)

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Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Hayano Kanpei, from the series The Exemplary Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Chûretsu gishi den)

「忠烈義士伝　早野勘平」　初代実川延三郎

Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24 x 16.7 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.69

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-602, photo p. 21; another print in the series: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #79

DescriptionPlay: Irohagana Shijûshichi Kun (or: Irohagana Shijûnana Moji)
Theater: Naka
いろは仮名四十七訓（いろはがなしじゅうしちくん）
中

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)