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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Yosooi-hime, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 粧ひ姫」 三代目沢村田之助
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.796
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.796, RES.11.5764.12

Play: Momochidori Nigiwai Soga
Theater: Morita
百鵆賑曽我(ももちどりにぎわいそが)
守田
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申二改
彫師:横川彫竹
Inscriptions「青柳や船からは手のとゝきかね 曙山」
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)