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Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Yasukata and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utô, in the play Mutsumashi-tsuki Koi no Tetori, with chanters Tomimoto Buzendayû, Tomimoto Itsukidayû, and Tomimoto Toyoshidayû


三代目瀬川菊之丞の安方、四代目岩井半四郎の善知鳧 「富本斎宮太夫、富本豊前太夫、富本豊志太夫 浄瑠璃 睦月恋手取 (むつましつきこひのてとり)」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 69 x 11.5 cm (27 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5522
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #459 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #551; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #708; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #421, pl. XCII
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.993, 11.21278, 21.5522

Play (jôruri): Mutsumashitsuki Koi no Tetori (Opportunism in Love in the First Month of the Year)
Play (kaomise): Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode
Theater: Nakamura
睦月恋手取(むつましつきこひのてとり)
五代源氏貢振袖(ごだいげんじみつぎのふりそで)
中村
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.