Actor Arashi Rikan III as Masaoka, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Arashi Rikan III as Masaoka, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

Actor Arashi Rikan III as Masaoka, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　政おか」　三代目嵐璃寛

Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.1 x 16.7 cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.37

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 016-1963

DescriptionPlay: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
Theater: Chikugo
伽羅先代萩（めいぼくせんだいはぎ）
筑後

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)