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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô I and Sanjô Kantarô, with Jôruri Musicians, in Hana-ayame Onna Imagawa, Act I, at the Ichimura Theater

about 1731 (Kyôhô 16)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied and stencil-sprayed color, nikawa, and metallic pigment
DimensionsHosoban; 32 x 15 cm (12 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.5683
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Actor Sanjô Kantarô II as Ageha no Chôkichi
Artist unknown, Japanese
1736 (Kyôhô 21/Genbun 1), 1st month
Courtesan and Kamuro
Artist unknown, Japanese
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Yuzuriha Yanone Soga no Gorô
Artist unknown, Japanese
1729 (Kyôhô 14), 1st month
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I and Ichimura Takenojô IV
Torii Kiyotomo
about 1722 (Kyôhô 7)
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I
Torii Kiyotomo
about 1720 (Kyôhô 5)
Actors Ogino Izaburô and Ichimura Takenojô
Torii Kiyomasu II
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)
Actor Ogino Izaburô I as Watanabe no Tsuna (?)
Artist unknown, Japanese
1723 (Kyôhô 8), 11th month (?)