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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Seigen and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Sôta, from the series Comparisons of Lovers, a Collection of Ballads (Koi awase, hauta-zukushi)


「恋合 端唄尽」 「清玄」三代目岩井粂三郎、「惣太」初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sasaya Matabei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
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; 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.882
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:申六改
彫師:彫巳の
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)