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Asagao: Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Abe no Yasuna, from the series Fifty-four Chapters of a Modern Genji (Imayô Genji Gojûyojô no uchi)


「今ようげんじ五十四帖の内 朝皃」「安部安名 実川延三郎」(初代)
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1869 (Meiji 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.9 x 17.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.542.41
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #345
Signed Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
InscriptionsPoem: Mishi ori no [=mo]/ tsuyu wasuraremu/ asagao no/ hana no sakari wa/ sugi ya shinuran
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)