Actor Kataoka Ichizô I as Teraoka Heiemon, from the series The Exemplary Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Chûretsu gishi den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Kataoka Ichizô I as Teraoka Heiemon, from the series The Exemplary Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Chûretsu gishi den)

Actor Kataoka Ichizô I as Teraoka Heiemon, from the series The Exemplary Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Chûretsu gishi den)

「忠烈義士伝　寺岡平右衛門」　初代片岡市蔵

Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.7 x 16.2 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.72

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #79

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)