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Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Soga no Gorô


二代目佐野川市松の五郎
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.7 x 15.3 cm (12 1/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4726
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #289 (complete diptych); Riccar Art Museum, Ippitsusai Bunchô ten (1978), #112; Ukiyo-e taisei 5 (1930), #230 (right) and #231 (left)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.18494 (left), 21.4726 (right); no VR

Play: Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga
Theater: Ichimura
富士雪会稽曽我(ふじのゆきかいけいそが)
市村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Baron Sumitomo; 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.