Actor Nakayama Nanshi II as Shizuka Gozen, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

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Actor Nakayama Nanshi II as Shizuka Gozen, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　しづか御前」　二代目中山南枝

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

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23 x 16.2 cm (9 1/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.59

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #115

DescriptionPlay: Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi
Theater: Naka
御所桜堀川夜討
中

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)