Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Sutoku-in (R) and Osagawa Tsuneyo II as the Heavenly Maiden of Itsukushima (L)

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Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Sutoku-in (R) and Osagawa Tsuneyo II as the Heavenly Maiden of Itsukushima (L)

四代目市川團蔵の崇徳院　　二代目小佐川常世の厳島の天女

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1780 (An'ei 9), 11th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 31.5 x 14.3 cm (12 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.436-7

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #456 (left sheet only)

DescriptionDiptych: 54.436 (right), 54.437 (left)

Play: Tokimeku ya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki
Theater: Morita
時萌於江戸初雪（ときめくやおえどのはつゆき）
森田

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)