Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tabakokiri Sashichi (R), Ichikawa Ichizô III as Nakaneya Sagorô, unidentified actor as the Servant (Gejo) Osaki (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as the Girl (Musume) Ofusa (L)

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Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tabakokiri Sashichi (R), Ichikawa Ichizô III as Nakaneya Sagorô, unidentified actor as the Servant (Gejo) Osaki (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as the Girl (Musume) Ofusa (L)

「たばこ切佐七」初代中村福助　　「中根屋左五郎」三代目市川市蔵、「下女おさき」「娘おふさ」二代目尾上菊次郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 76.3 cm (14 3/4 x 30 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1024a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo play found that corresonds to this scene. Possibly advance publicity for a play that was never performed due to the burning of the Morita theater in the 1st month of 1858.
見立

安政4年12月前後に該当する興行なし。安政5年正月に森田座焼失によって興行されなかった予定稿ヵ。

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十二
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)