Actor Ichikawa Hakuen II (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) as both Yashio and Kinugawa Tanizô, Two of Seven Roles (Shichiyaku no uchi)

「七役之内　八しを　絹川谷蔵　市川白猿」（二代目市川白猿＝七代目市川団十郎）

Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izutsuya Denbei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1829 (Bunsei 12), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 × 25.9 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1323

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #253

DescriptionIchikawa Danjûrô VII (later Ebizô V) used the name Ichikawa Hakuen II from 1829.5 to 1830.7 for a tour in Kamigata.

Play: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Naka
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
中

Signed Shunkôsai Hokuei ga
春江斎北英画

Marks Artist's seal: Hokuei

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)