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Kiichi Hôgen: Actors Bandô Kamezô I as Kiichi Hôgen and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Minazuru-hime, No. 9 from the series Things That Start with the Syllable Ki (Ki no ji tsukushi)


「喜廼字尽 鬼一法眼」「坂東亀蔵」(初代)、「皆つる姫 沢村田之助」(三代目)「九」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.774
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyokuni hitsu
豊国筆(年玉印)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino tô
改印:酉十二改
彫師:彫巳之刀
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)