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Actor Nakamura Kamenojô I as Matasuke's Younger Sister (Imôto) Otsuyu, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 又助妹おつゆ」 初代中村歌女之丞
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.7 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1770
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
加賀見山再岩藤(かがみやまごにちのいわふじ)
市村
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申壬三改
彫師:横川彫竹
Inscriptions「はつかしき夢たゝみ込む紙帳かな 歌雀」
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.