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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as a Chinese Boy


四代目岩井半四郎の唐子
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4231
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka
Thearter: Nakamura
極飜錦壮貌(きてかえるにしきのわかやか)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.