Actor Onoe Eizaburô I as Soga no Gorô Holding a Mirror with the Face of Nakayama Tomisaburô as Kewaizaka no Shôshô

初代尾上栄三郎の曽我五郎（鏡に映るは中山富三郎の化粧坂の少将）

Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Falsely attributed to: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1803 (Kyôwa 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.2 cm (14 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6244

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #106

DescriptionPlay: Futaba no Haru Kotobuki Soga
Theater: Nakamura
松春寿曽我（ふたばのはることぶきそが）
中村

Signed False signature: Kiyonaga ga. The real signature, Kunimasa ga, was removed from the area just above the publisher's mark.
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.