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Actor Sawamura Tosshô II as Kichiza


「吉三 沢村訥升」(二代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 × 25.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.748
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 00.748 (left sheet only), 11.41577a-b (complete diptych)
Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche
国周画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌十改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)