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Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as the Spirit of a Chicken


雉の精 「岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1814 (Bunka 11), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 × 25.4 cm (14 5/8 × 10 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden
Accession Number52.1399
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13627, 52.1399

Print by Kunisada, 1837, based on this design: Waseda db 100-6717

Play: Sekai no Hana Sugawara Denju
Theater: Ichimura
世界花菅原伝授(せかいのはなすがわらでんじゅ)
市村
文化11(1814)・ 11・10
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)