Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae

初代中村歌右衛門のからし婆、三代目芳沢崎之助の白妙

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1769 (Meiwa 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 29.7 x 15 cm (11 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.587

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #101, pl. 39; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #587

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.587, 21.4328

Play (kaomise): Kawaranu Hana Sakae Hachi-no-ki
Theater: Nakamura
常花栄鉢木（かわらぬはなさかえはちのき）
中村

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross