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Actor Matsumoto Koshirô III as Hokkyô's Daughter Asagao


三代目松本幸四郎の法橋娘朝顔
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1768 (Meiwa 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.8 x 14.3 cm (12 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4741
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #212; Ukiyo-e taisei 5 (1930), #226; Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #115
DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji
Theater: Nakamura
今於盛末広源氏(いまおさかりすえひろげんじ)
中村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.