/internal/media/dispatcher/1099276/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Boatman (Sendō) Matsuemon, actually Higuchi no Jirō Kanemitsu1849 (Kaei 2), 5th monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō)Vertical ōban; 35.5 x 24.4 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.299900MFA impressions:
First edition (1849): *11.29545 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29990, 11.40354
Second edition (1855): 11.29734
Altered version with face redrawn by Yoshitora (1862): 11.41319
Play (interval): Hiragana Seisuiki
Play (main feature): Hana Shōbu Sano no Yatsuhashi
Theater: Ichimura
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
花菖蒲佐野船橋（はなしょうぶさののやつはし）
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1849、嘉永０２、05・02Prints35.500000000021961101