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Actor Bandô Tarô, from the series Portraits as True Likenesses in the Moonlight (Makoto no tsuki hana no sugata-e)

(Japanese, 1833–1904)
1867 (Keiô 3), 4th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.3 cm (14 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz in memory of Arthur E. Vershbow
Accession number2012.929
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by the actor
ProvenanceSeptember 26, 2006, anonymous sale, Doyle Auctioneers, New York, lot 1007, to Jo-Ann Pinkowitz, Boston; 2012, gift of Jo-Ann and Richard Pinkowitz to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 28, 2012)
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