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「芸者おたき」初代市川新車、「男芸者ひな八」七代目嵐雛助
Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I as the Geisha Otaki and Arashi Hinasuke VII as the Male Geisha (Otoko geisha) Hinahachi
「芸者おたき」初代市川新車、「男芸者ひな八」七代目嵐雛助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Itoya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Itoya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
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; 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.824
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 00.824 (left sheet only), 00.994-6 (complete triptych)
Play (shosa, Part 1, Act 5): Nise Kakete Maru ni Inochi
Play (main feature): Hanagatami Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Morita
縁結柏丸いのち（にせかけてまるにいのち） 花薗
花摘篭五十三駅（はながたみごじゅうさんつぎ）
守田、一番目五立目
1860、万延０１
MFA impressions: 00.824 (left sheet only), 00.994-6 (complete triptych)
Play (shosa, Part 1, Act 5): Nise Kakete Maru ni Inochi
Play (main feature): Hanagatami Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Morita
縁結柏丸いのち（にせかけてまるにいのち） 花薗
花摘篭五十三駅（はながたみごじゅうさんつぎ）
守田、一番目五立目
1860、万延０１
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
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：申壬三改
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：申壬三改
彫師：彫竹
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)