Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Title

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

Place

Japan (Object made in:)

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1786–1796

Medium

Color woodblock print; aiban

Inscriptions

UNSIGNED ["Shunkô ga" added by hand] CENSOR'S SEAL: Kiwame

Dimensions

32.3 × 22.5 cm (12 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1939.2206

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