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Ohatsu in the Scene of the Crows from the Play Kagamiyama (Kagamiyama karasuba no dan, Hatsu-jo), from the series A Collection of Plays (Jôruri zukushi no uchi)


「浄瑠璃尽ノ内 かゞ見山烏場の段」「はつ女」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1) ?

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1224
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionBased on design no. 60 in the Hyakunin isshu series; see 11.30334. Possibly a pirate edition.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
No publisher's mark
改印:浜
彫師:彫工房次郎
版元: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)