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「今様押絵鏡 梅の由兵衛」 八代目片岡仁左衛門
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ume no Yoshibei, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 梅の由兵衛」 八代目片岡仁左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban;: 36.5 x 24.7 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.802
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #29.1; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), fig. 15
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.802, RES.11.5764.18
Play (second feature): Tsui no Meoto Naka mo Yoshibei
Play (main feature): Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
対梅松契由兵衛（ついのめおとなかもよしべえ）
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村、二番目
1859、安政０６
Play (second feature): Tsui no Meoto Naka mo Yoshibei
Play (main feature): Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
対梅松契由兵衛（ついのめおとなかもよしべえ）
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村、二番目
1859、安政０６
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「梅の由兵衛役をつとむるとて いさきよく絹引さくや恵比寿講 八代目我童」
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)