Actors Asao Tamejûrô I as Gyôman-in, a Yamabushi (R), and Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Female Pilgrim Oiwa of Yanagigaura (L)

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Actors Asao Tamejûrô I as Gyôman-in, a Yamabushi (R), and Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Female Pilgrim Oiwa of Yanagigaura (L)

初代浅尾為十郎の山伏行満院　　四代目岩井半四郎の女巡礼柳ヶ浦のお岩

Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)

Japanese

Edo period

1788 (Tenmei 8), 11th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 31.5 x 28.8 cm (12 3/8 x 11 5/16 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 Number54.447-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 54.447 (right), 54.448 (left)

Play (kaomise): Genji Saikô Kogane no Tachibana
Theater: Ichimura
源氏再興黄金橘（げんじさいこうこがねのたちばな）
市村

Signed Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画

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