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Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô VII as Sukeroku, from the series Stars of Kabuki (Rien no hana)

(Japanese, 1885–1942)
1920 (Taishô 9)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions40.5 x 29.5 cm (15 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sarah E. Thompson
Accession number2012.1169
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBetween about 1968 and 1978, probably purchased in Lexington, Kentucky by Lawrence S. Thompson; 1986, bequest of Lawrence Thompson to Sarah E. Thompson, Lowell, MA; 2012, year-end gift of Sarah E. Thompson to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2013)