Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Tashiro Yasubei, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

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Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Tashiro Yasubei, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

「忠孝武勇伝　田代安兵衛」　初代実川延三郎

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 x 16.6 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.51

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #78 (slightly different coloring)

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)