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「真像劇場 伊呂波一対（いろはあはせ）」「不破数右衛門正種 行年三十四歳」「？才三郎 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Fuwa Kazuemon Masatane, age 34 (by Yoshitoshi); and Actor Sawamura Tosshô II as ... Saizaburô (by Kunichika), from the series True Portraits and Theatrical Scenes in Pairs for the Iroha Syllabary (Shinzô gekijô iroha awase)
「真像劇場 伊呂波一対（いろはあはせ）」「不破数右衛門正種 行年三十四歳」「？才三郎 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsunoi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsunoi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, creped; 21.8 x 15.8 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Newland, Time Present and Time Past (1999), #128
DescriptionFrom a series that pairs portraits of the 47 rônin of Chûshingura, drawn in a realistic, Westernized style by Yoshitoshi, with traditionally drawn caricatures of kabuki actors in various roles by Kunichika.
Signed
Ichiôsai Kunichika ga; Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi mo
一鴬斎国周画、一魁斎芳年模
一鴬斎国周画、一魁斎芳年模
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：巳二改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：巳二改
彫師：片田彫長
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)