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Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Yasaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Okayo


「弥作女房おかよ」四代目尾上菊五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.6 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.751
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably one sheet of an incomplete triptych.

Play: Kanadehon Suzuri no Takashima
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本硯高島(かなでほんすずりのたかしま)
市村
1858、安政05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午五
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)