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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Nippondaemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)


「忠孝武勇伝 日本駄右衛門」 五代目市川海老蔵
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; 23.5 x 16.4 cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.77
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #97
DescriptionForms a pair with 08.541.78.

Play: Sangoku Daiichi Nose no Kusemono
Theater: Kado
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)