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Actor Arashi Rikan III as Ishikawa Goemon, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)

(Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 24.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession number08.541.54
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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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