The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1787 (?)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Title

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1787 (?)

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1782–1792

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Dimensions

32.7 × 14 cm (12 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener

Reference Number

1958.157

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