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Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)

1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number00.1943
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoems by Buntsuen Tsuzumigoto, Bunshôsha Shichika and Bunshôsha Kadonarabi 「文津園鼓琴 さゝかにの蜘をからめて鬼こもる山路の梅やしたふうくひす」「文照舎芦☆ くひつみにかされる海老のくれなゐは宝の山の初日とや見む」「たのもしき友よひつれてまひあそふ和歌の浦辺の千代雀の声 文贈舎門並」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)
The Warrior Class (Shi), from a Set of Four (Yonban tsuzuki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)