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Actor Sanjô Kantarô II as Yaoya Oshichi

(Japanese, active about 1696–1716)
1718 (Kyôho 3), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
DimensionsHosoban; 32.1 x 15.1 cm (12 5/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession number54.324
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)
Actor Ogino Izaburô I as Watanabe no Tsuna (?)
Artist unknown, Japanese
1723 (Kyôhô 8), 11th month (?)
Actor Sanjô Kantarô II (?)
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1718–1720s
Young Man at Riding Practice
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1720s-1730s
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô III as Urabe Hidetake
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1741 (Genbun 6/Kanpô 1)
Actors Ôtani Hiroji I and Sodesaki Iseno
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as a Rokubu Pilgrim
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1723 (Kyôhô 8)
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II as a Medicine Peddler (Uirô-uri)
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1741 (Genbun 6/Kanpô 1)
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II as a Vendor of Potted Plants
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1736 (Kyôhô 21/Genbun 1)
Actors Ôtani Hiroji I as Oniô and Sakata Hangorô as Matano Gorô
Artist unknown, Japanese
about 1732 (Kyôhô 17)