Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune

「源よしつね　市川雷蔵」（初代）

Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Maruya Kuzaemon

Japanese

Edo period

1761 (Hôreki 11), 11th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.7 cm (12 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8133

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0947; Gunsaulus, AIC cat. I (1955), p. 251, #23

DescriptionPlay: Nippon ga Hana Hangan Biiki
Theater: Nakamura
日本花判官贔屓（にっぽんがはなはんがんびいき）
中村

Signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga
鳥居清満画

ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.