Actor Arashi Rikan III as Ishikawa Goemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Arashi Rikan III as Ishikawa Goemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

Actor Arashi Rikan III as Ishikawa Goemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　石川五右衛門｣　三代目嵐璃寛

Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.54

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ritsumeikan arcUP2967

DescriptionPlay: Keisei Ishikawa-zome
Theater: Chikugo
けいせい石川染（けいせいいしかわぞめ）
筑後

Signed Hirosada
広貞

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)