Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV (L)

Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV (L)

中村富十郎　　四代目岩井半四郎

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1777 (An'ei 6)

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

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 31.8 x 29 cm (12 1/2 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4052, 21.4248

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #385 (right sheet only)

DescriptionLeft and right sheets of incomplete triptych.
Triptych: 21.4248 (R), 11.18772 (C), 21.4052 (L); no VR

Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画

ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from L. E. Charnley; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.