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「奴芝平 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the Footman (Yakko) Shihei
「奴芝平 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 × 25 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.914
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Momochidori Sakigake Soga
Theater: Morita
百鵆魁曽我（ももちどりさきがけそが）
守田
Theater: Morita
百鵆魁曽我（ももちどりさきがけそが）
守田
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印：丑正改
彫師：朝倉彫万
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印：丑正改
彫師：朝倉彫万
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)