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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Ashikaga Mitsuuji (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Dance Teacher (Maishinan) Shinonome (C), and Iwai Shijaku II as Tasogare (L)


「足利光氏 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)  「舞指南しのゝめ 河原崎権十郎」(初代)  「たそがれ 岩井紫若」(二代目)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 × 75 cm (14 9/16 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.990a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.990a-c, 11.38744a-c

Play (second feature): Inaka Genji
Theater: Nakamura
田舎源氏(いなかげんじ)
中村
Signed Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô (on each sheet)
改印:子十改
彫師:彫長
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)