Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Urazato and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tokijirô, from the series Comparisons of Lovers, a Collection of Ballads (Koi awase, hauta-zukushi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Urazato and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tokijirô, from the series Comparisons of Lovers, a Collection of Ballads (Koi awase, hauta-zukushi)

Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Urazato and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tokijirô, from the series Comparisons of Lovers, a Collection of Ballads (Koi awase, hauta-zukushi)

「恋合　端唄尽」「浦里」三代目岩井粂三郎、「時治郎」初代中村福助

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sasaya Matabei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.881

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.881, *11.22424 (deaccessioned in 2012)

Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申六改
彫師：なし

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)