Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as a Lion Dancer (Shishi Odori) in a Dance of Seven Changes – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as a Lion Dancer (Shishi Odori) in a Dance of Seven Changes

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as a Lion Dancer (Shishi Odori) in a Dance of Seven Changes

四代目岩井半四郎

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1787 (Tenmei 7), 4th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 33.2 x 15.3 cm (13 1/16 x 6 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4032

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Shichi Henge
Theater: Kiri
七変化（しちへんげ）
桐

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.