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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Greeting the Audience at His Farewell Performance in Edo (Edo onagori hachidaime kôjô)

(Japanese, 1803–1853)
about 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 25 x 18.3 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession number08.541.18
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)
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