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Rehearsel (Shita keiko): Author Segawa Jokô III and Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, and Nakamura Fukusuke II, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)


「俳優楽屋の姿見 下稽古」 「瀬川如皐」(三代目)、「市川新車」(初代)、「中村鶴蔵」(初代)、「中村福助」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Toyo (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 × 24.9 cm (14 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.755
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tôbu bijutsukan, Edo no hana kabuki-e ten (1999), #135E; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #5-45
Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Toyo
改印:子正改
彫師:彫豊
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)