Actor Arashi Rikaku III as Kanai Tanigorô, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Arashi Rikaku III as Kanai Tanigorô, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

Actor Arashi Rikaku III as Kanai Tanigorô, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇傳　金井谷五郎」　三代目嵐璃寛

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; 23.2 x 16.5 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.70

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
Theater: Naka
碁太平記白石噺（ごたいへいきしらいしばなし）
角

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)