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Actor Ichikawa Komazô II as Yukihira


二代目市川高麗蔵の中納言行平
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 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 Number54.486
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #35
DescriptionPlay: Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
Theater: Nakamura
倭花小野五文字(くにのはなおののいつもじ)
中村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)