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Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Concubine (Aishô) Oryû no Kata, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 愛妾於柳の方」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd 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 Number00.799
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), pl. 33
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.799, RES.11.5764.9

Play: Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
加賀見山再岩藤(かがみやまごにちのいわふじ)
市村
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申壬三改
彫師:横川彫竹
Inscriptions「風なりに結んてみたる柳かな 久女三」
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)