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「今様押絵鏡 つちや梅川」 四代目尾上菊五郎
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Tsuchiya Umegawa, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 つちや梅川」 四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
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 24.6 cm (14 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.810
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.810, 11.29549
Play (second feature): Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
☆桜瓢蕈☆（やよいざくらひさごのまくばり）
中村、二番目
1860、安政０７
Play (second feature): Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
☆桜瓢蕈☆（やよいざくらひさごのまくばり）
中村、二番目
1860、安政０７
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申壬三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申壬三改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「つれられて古郷へむくや春の雁 梅婦」
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)