Comic Music (Manzaigaku), from the series (?) Large Dolls (Ô-ningyô no uchi)

「万歳樂大人形内」

Utagawa Yoshiharu (Japanese, 1828–1888)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 5th month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.2 x 34.9 cm (9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number49.1294

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; another print of the same subject: Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 150

Signed Ichibaisai Yoshiharu ga
一梅斎芳晴画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印：改、辰五
彫師：彫兼

Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.