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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Hime Kôbai (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ne no Izaemon (C), and Nakamura Fukusuke II as Shingo Yatarô (L)


「姫紅梅 坂東三津五郎」(六代目)  「根の井左衛門 市川小団次」(四代目)  「新五小太郎 中村福助」(二代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75.1 cm (14 5/8 × 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1247a-c
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ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa (on each sheet)
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印:子九改
彫師:松島彫政
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)