About This Artwork

Attributed to Katsukawa Shun'ei
Japanese, 1762-1819

"Large Head" Portrait (Okubi-e) of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Akita Jonosuke Yoshikage in a "Shibaraku" Role, from the play Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki (Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of "The Potted Trees"), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1791, c. 1791

Color woodblock print; aiban
32.3 x 22.5 cm (12 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
UNSIGNED ["Shunkô ga" added by hand]
CENSOR'S SEAL: Kiwame
Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1939.2206

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Ownership History

Purchased by the Art Institute from the Harmsworth Collection