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初代大谷友右衛門の八百屋後家おつま
Actor Ôtani Tomoemon I as the Grocer's Widow Otsuma
初代大谷友右衛門の八百屋後家おつま
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.5 x 15 cm (12 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4030
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #469 (complete diptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.18943-4 (complete diptych), 21.4030 (right sheet only)
Play (second feature, 1 of 3 on alternate days): Ochiyo Hanbei Michiyuki Kakine no Yuiwata
Play (main feature): Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
The main feature opened in the 2nd month and ran to the 4th month. Beginning in the 3rd month, the second feature consisted of three different romantic dance plays rotating in a three-day cycle.
おちよ半兵衛 道行垣根の結綿（おちよはんべいみちゆきかきねのゆいわた）
劇所花万代曽我（かぶきのはなばんだいそが）
市村
MFA impressions: 11.18943-4 (complete diptych), 21.4030 (right sheet only)
Play (second feature, 1 of 3 on alternate days): Ochiyo Hanbei Michiyuki Kakine no Yuiwata
Play (main feature): Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
The main feature opened in the 2nd month and ran to the 4th month. Beginning in the 3rd month, the second feature consisted of three different romantic dance plays rotating in a three-day cycle.
おちよ半兵衛 道行垣根の結綿（おちよはんべいみちゆきかきねのゆいわた）
劇所花万代曽我（かぶきのはなばんだいそが）
市村
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
春章画
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.