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Ichikawa Benzō I as a wakashu under a lantern (Shodai Ichikawa Benzō no tōrō wakashu 初代市川弁蔵の燈龍若衆),

ca. 1768

Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆斎文調, 1727–1796
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2024-105

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Title
Ichikawa Benzō I as a wakashu under a lantern (Shodai Ichikawa Benzō no tōrō wakashu 初代市川弁蔵の燈龍若衆)
Dates

ca. 1768

Maker
Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆斎文調
Medium
Woodblock print (hosōban format): ink and color on paper
Dimensions
31.1 × 14 cm (12 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund
Object Number
2024-105
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
ink, woodblock prints
Subject
Edo (Japanese period), portraits, Japonisme, gender

Sebastian Izzard – 2024
Henri Vever (1854–1942) before 1911* – ?
Wakai Kenzaburō (1834–1908) ? – ?
Sold at Sotheby’s London? 1997

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